All possible voting outcomes have a winning majority even without Dan's vote!
The reason is that there is
no possible voting outcome in which Dan could change the result by changing his vote.
Not exact matches
We got the worst
possible outcome from the Brexit
vote for the stock markets, but they survived.
The
outcome for the debt markets is a mixed bag for some bonds rally while the debt of smaller peripheral economies take a hit as the risk - off trade is initiated to the
possible negative fallout from the lopsided Greek
vote of NO.
It is right that Scottish voters are given as much information as
possible about the likely
outcome of a «yes»
vote.
Since 16 (a)(2) prevents any delegates from offering their support to other candidates prior to
voting, 40 (b) prevents names from being added on the fly, and 40 (e) requires repeated
votes until someone wins, there are only two
possible outcomes: Either the front - runner picks up enough delegates on the second
vote (once they're unbound) to push them over the majority, or the convention is deadlocked.
In 1976 Richard McKelvey went much further, in a complex series of mathematical proofs, establishing that given control over a
voting agenda it was
possible to bring about almost any
outcome the agenda setter desired.
While a big topic to consider, if we average citizens are expected to understand its
outcomes / effects and
vote accordingly, I would hope that it should be
possible to summarize the answer to this question in the Stack Exchange format.
The full extent of the
possible effects of agenda control was first noted by a colourful 18th Century French mathematician, the Marquis de Condorcet who in his famous paradox noted that in a situation with a tie between three options a voter can determine the
outcome of an election by
voting insincerely on one of their preferences.
«What I'm saying here is pointing at a very, very irrational
possible outcome of our potty electoral system, which is that a party that has spectacularly lost the election because fewer people are
voting for it than any other party, could nonetheless according to constitutional tradition and convention still lay claim to providing the prime minister of the country.»
The hope is that, no matter the
outcome of the
vote, we will all have taken part and we will all have made an as informed decision as
possible.
While all the major parties in this election — including Labour — are proposing to launch an unimagined level of attack on the working class, the most favourable
outcome remains a Labour government with the highest
possible vote.
But as of now, it's not
possible to say definitely that the convention
vote had a significant impact on
outcomes around the state.
It is equally
possible for a different
voting system to produce a totally unprogressive
outcome.
Despite the uncertain
outcome in the Senate, Democrats said on Tuesday evening they would schedule an override
vote as soon as
possible, a move intended to pressure Republicans.
Asked what he saw as the probable
outcome, Mr Salmond said: «I think probable would be
vote - by -
vote (support for Labour), and
possible would be confidence and supply.»
When school levies come up for a
vote, don't districts want as many taxpayers as
possible to have a direct stake in the
outcome?
Well: The sweep of the board by the usual suspects, the «anything but»
votes... they were certainly victorious against the Romans — which was exactly what was predicted - and the worst
possible outcome for the shriek, and the authors concerned, and the award itself.