The Mathematical Danger of Democratic Voting

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Elections might seem like they produce results people want, but that isn't always the case.

This video describes the McKelvey-Schofield Chaos Theorem. To learn more, you can find the original explanation and proof of the theorem at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022053176900405/pdf?md5=a5e53112c59f6ad74f3e1557ea759db2&pid=1-s2.0-0022053176900405-main.pdf.

0:00 Transitivity
0:22 Voter Preferences
1:22 The Agenda-Setters
2:25 A Mathematical Approach
4:27 Choosing the Agenda