80-104 Freshman Seminar: Voting Theory

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Voting Theory, with applications to Presidential politics The class will study some basic voting theory, including issues of constitutional design, voting paradoxes, and spatial models of candidates and voters strategic behaviors. Relating to our theoretical inquiry, we will examine several ways in which the Internet functions during the ongoing 2012 US Presidential campaign. As a public service, we will try to organize a web page to assist campus members with voter registration and absentee voting.

Prerequisites: none listed

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