Math 217 - Voting Theory - Fall 2007

• Course policies (.pdf file)
• Tentative course syllabus including reading assignments
  
  
• Some useful links
  • Voting Power & Procedures at the London School of Economics
  • Computer Algorithms for Voting Power Analysis at the University of Warwick
  • Voting Power and Power Index Website at the University of Turku
  • The Repulic of South Africa Electoral System at electionresources.org
  • A page of representation triangles for your computing pleasure
  • A Maple worksheet to draw the procedure line and approval voting hull
  • The fundamental profiles used to build and decompose three candidate profiles
    
    
• Some important dates outside of regular class meetings
  
  
  • Friday, September 14, 1:00 pm
    Joint meeting with Political Science 211
    
    
  • Wednesday, September 26, 5:30 pm, Norman Johnson Lecture
    "When is the Pen Mightier than the Keyboard?"
    Andries van Dam, Brown University
    
    
  • Friday, November 9, 1:00 pm
    Joint meeting with Political Science 211
    
    
• Files displayed during class
  • August 29 (.pdf file)
  • September 17 (Excel spreadsheet)
  • September 24 (Excel spreadsheet)
  • September 26 (Excel spreadsheet)
  • October 1 (Excel spreadsheet)
  • October 3 spreadsheet (Excel) and presentation (.pdf)
  • October 10 (Excel spreadsheet)
  • October 17 spreadsheet (Excel) and presentation (.pdf)
  • October 22 (.pdf file)
  • October 24 (.pdf file)
  • October 29 (.pdf file)
  • November 12 (.pdf file)
  • November 14 (.pdf file)
  • November 19 (.pdf file)
    
    
    
• Homework assignments and Projects
  • Homework 1, due September 13 (.pdf file)
  • Homework 2, due September 20 (.pdf file)
    Excel spreadsheet containing the populations of the nations in the EU
  • Homework 3, due September 27 (.pdf file)
  • Homework 4, due November 1 (.pdf file)
  • Redistricting Project with Pols 211 (.pdf file)