Borda count

The Borda count is a voting system used for single-winner elections in which each voter rank-orders the candidates.

An example of an election

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Nashville is the winner in this election, as it has the most points. Nashville also happens to be the Condorcet winner in this case. While the Borda count does not always select the Condorcet winner as the Borda Count winner, it always ranks the Condorcet winner above the Condorcet loser. No other positional method can guarantee such a relationship.

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