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diff --git a/blog/voting.org b/blog/voting.org index eff2ec0..fcb6db5 100644 --- a/blog/voting.org +++ b/blog/voting.org @@ -19,20 +19,17 @@ In this article I endorse a system that has been tried out before, but has been argue that it has game theoretic foundations that make it superior to other kinds of voting systems. ** The Model -Let us assume that there is a small probability that you can swing the election $$ \rho $$, and a cost to voting; that -is to say, it takes some amount of time, which has opportunity cost associated with it to vote, which we -will call $$ \alpha $$. Let us assume that there is a high /reward/ in swinging the vote; that is to say, if you were -the one that swings the vote, your vote is worth some high monetary value. Let $$ \beta $$ be the median price of swinging. -Let $$ n $$ be the number of people voting, and let the weight of each vote be equal between all participants. -Let the choice of candidate between all voters be binary; voting for one candidate mutually excludes you from -voting for another, and there are two candidates (this is to simply the model; you will see that this does not -lose generality). Then, let us model the expected value of voting for singular individuals. - -For a given person, the probability that your vote swings (or at least ties) depends on the probability that -$$ x = \frac{n - 1}{2} $$, where $ x $$ is the number of people that vote for your candidate. The probability -density function for the probability that $$ m $$ people vote for your candidate we'll call $$ f $$. We will assume -it is binomial, and you might expect it to be closer to 50/50 most of the time, but that is pretty hard to model. -We will therefore compensate by modeling it more accurately afterwards. For now, we assume all participants have -a 50% chance to pick either candidate. -\begin{align*} -\end{align*} +Let us assume there is a small probability of swinging the +election $$ \rho $$, and a large reward for winning the election $$ W $$. +Let us assume that there are two candidates, and the probability of +voting for a single candidate is 50%. Therefore, the final probability +distribution for the number of votes each candidate gets is binomial, +centered around the mean outcome (which is the outcome where there are +an equal amount of votes on each side, and we can count the number of +/red/ votes only; let's let $$ k $$ represent the number of red votes). +Let's remind ourselves of the binomial distribution: +\begin{align} + P(X = k) = { n \choose k } p^{k}(1 - p)^{n - k} +\end{align} +where $$ n $$ is the number of samples, and $$ k $$ is the observed +number. Now, we can calculate the probability |