Hacker News with Generative AI: Voting Systems

Median Voter Theorem (wikipedia.org)
The median voter theorem in political science and social choice theory, developed by Duncan Black, states that if voters and candidates are distributed along a one-dimensional spectrum and voters have single-peaked preferences, any voting method that is compatible with majority-rule will elect the candidate preferred by the median voter.
Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know (npr.org)
Electing the Doge of Venice: analysis of a 13th Century protocol [pdf] (2007) (rangevoting.org)