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Explore the voting methods
Every ballot runs through eight voting methods at once. These hand-crafted scenarios show where they disagree, when vetos matter, and what happens in rock-paper-scissors cycles.
Methods Disagree Same ballot, different winners — proof that the method you choose can pick the game you play. STAR/Borda/IRV/Condorcet pick the consistent Pandemic; Dictator picks the polarizer Catan.Tennessee Capital Memphis has plurality but Nashville wins everything else — except IRV, which picks Knoxville.Condorcet Cycle Ra>Brass>Catan>Ra — a real cycle with different grades per candidate, not just a perfect tie.STAR Runoff Flip The highest-scoring game loses the runoff — majority preferred the runner-up head-to-head.Broad Support Wins STAR/MJ/IRV pick the polarizing favorite. Borda and Condorcet lift the consensus runner-up — the game nobody hates.Maximum Disagreement Five different winners across eight methods — polarizer, consensus, vetoes, and a dictator finale.Veto — Changes Winner The top-rated game has one Hard Pass — the veto knocks it out and the runner-up wins.Veto — No Effect Veto isn't a trump card — when every game has the same Hard Pass count, the IV methods fall through and the raw winners stand.IRV — Baseline IRV picks Harmonies; MJ confirms it. Its companion scenario raises Harmonies on two ballots — and IRV kicks Harmonies out.IRV — Raising Backfires Two voters raise Harmonies from #3 to #1. Score-based methods still pick Harmonies — its scores actually rise — but IRV eliminates Brass first, the transfers flow to Catan, and Catan wins. Raising a candidate caused them to lose.Compromise Wins Two factions pick polarizing favorites; a third picks the game everyone tolerates. Seven methods lift the compromise. IRV alone eliminates it and then deadlocks on the polarizers.Borda Burying — Honest Codenames is the broad consensus — five voters' second choice. STAR, Borda, Condorcet, and IV·STAR all crown it. MJ and IRV still pick Brass on first-place strength. Honest baseline for the strategic companion.Borda Burying — Strategic Brass-fans strategically bury Codenames at Poor. STAR strategy succeeds — Brass flips to #1. Borda backfires: burying demotes Codenames below Catan and hands Borda to Catan. Condorcet becomes a cycle.Borda Teaming — Before Brass is the obvious winner — it sweeps every method, with Pandemic a solid second. Its companion scenario adds three more co-ops to the slate, and Borda alone flips to Pandemic.Borda Teaming — After Pandemic-fans nominate three co-op clones (Spirit Island, Forbidden Island, The Crew). Borda alone flips to Pandemic — rank-based points reward broad mid-pack placement. Every other method still picks Brass.STAR Bullet Voting — Honest Pandemic has the highest score (wins MJ). But STAR’s runoff is rank-based: Brass-fans + Catan-fans both prefer Brass over Pandemic head-to-head, and Brass wins STAR.STAR Bullet Voting — Strategic Brass-fans bullet-vote, burying both rivals at Poor. Pandemic falls out of the runoff — but the new Brass vs Catan runoff hands the win to Catan, the Brass-fans’ least-favorite game.Dark Horse Pathology Three factions bury each other's favorites — and elect a game nobody actually wanted. Tokaido is everyone's second choice and nobody's first; six of eight methods crown it. IRV is the lone survivor.Perfect Tie Two games have identical ratings — every method deadlocks at #1 except Dictator.Methods Agree The baseline case: when voters agree, all eight methods agree. Everyone loves Harmonies.