Ideal Election Method by Adopting the Interval Scale Instead of the Ordinal Scale

Abstract

Today, most democratic countries adopt the election system based on the notion of “one vote for one voter”. The winner will be determined by the total number of votes that s/he obtained. But will it be the optimal voting method considering the occurrence of the cracked vote? If there are two opposite sides and there are only two candidates one for each side, it would be adequate. But if there is only one candidate on one side and more than one candidate on other side, the latter votes will be cracked, thus the former side may win. Because of this phenomenon, each side strives to coordinate the candidate just to one.

This paper proposes another way of voting method based on the rating method where the basic notion is “onetime ratings for one voter”. In this method, each voter gives ratings to all candidates, for example, from 1 to 5 where 1 is negligible and 5 is the most preferable. The default rating value for each candidate is 1 and voters can change the point for the preferable candidate to 5 or 4. After the vote, all the rating points will be summed up and the candidate who won the maximum summative rating point will win.