3.6 Borda Count

• Named for the 18th-century French mathematician and political scientist Jean-Charles de Borda.

Each voter ranks the candidates. If there are \(n\) candidates, then \(n\) points are assigned to the first choice for each voter, \(n-1\) points for the next choice, and so on.

Alternatively, we can also assign \(n-1\) points for the first choice, \(n-2\) for the second and … 0 for the last choice.

The points for each candidate are added and the candidate who received the largest number of points is declared the winner.