Table 5.
Example of preferential voting showing how an increase in support for an alternative can turn it from a winner into a loser. Numbers in the table are the number of votes received for each alternative
A1 | A2 | A1 | |
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Decision 1 | |||
Round 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Round 2 | 11 | 18 | |
Decision 2 | |||
Round 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
Round 2 | 15 | 14 |
The only change between decision 1 and decision 2 is that in Decision 2, support for A3 increases in the form of 4 votes moving from A1 to A3.