Indépendance des alternatives non pertinentesL'indépendance des alternatives non pertinentes (en anglais independence of irrelevant alternatives, ou IIA) est un axiome utilisé dans les sciences sociales dans le cadre de la théorie de la décision. Quoique les formulations de l'IIA varient, elles ont comme point commun d'essayer de rationaliser le comportement individuel dans une situation d'agrégation ou d'addition de préférences individuelles. L'IANP est aussi parfois appelée condition de Chernoff (du nom de Herman Chernoff), ou propriété alpha de Sen (du nom de Amartya Sen).
Participation criterionThe participation criterion is a voting system criterion. Voting systems that fail the participation criterion are said to exhibit the no show paradox and allow a particularly unusual strategy of tactical voting: abstaining from an election can help a voter's preferred choice win. The criterion has been defined as follows: In a deterministic framework, the participation criterion says that the addition of a ballot, where candidate A is strictly preferred to candidate B, to an existing tally of votes should not change the winner from candidate A to candidate B.
Majority criterionThe majority criterion is a single-winner voting system criterion, used to compare such systems. The criterion states that "if one candidate is ranked first by a majority (more than 50%) of voters, then that candidate must win". Some methods that comply with this criterion include any Condorcet method, instant-runoff voting, Bucklin voting, and plurality voting.
Condorcet loser criterionIn single-winner voting system theory, the Condorcet loser criterion (CLC) is a measure for differentiating voting systems. It implies the majority loser criterion but does not imply the Condorcet winner criterion. A voting system complying with the Condorcet loser criterion will never allow a Condorcet loser to win. A Condorcet loser is a candidate who can be defeated in a head-to-head competition against each other candidate.
Monotonicity criterionThe monotonicity criterion is a voting system criterion used to evaluate both single and multiple winner ranked voting systems. A ranked voting system is monotonic if it is neither possible to prevent the election of a candidate by ranking them higher on some of the ballots, nor possible to elect an otherwise unelected candidate by ranking them lower on some of the ballots (while nothing else is altered on any ballot). That is to say, in single winner elections no winner is harmed by up-ranking and no loser is helped by down-ranking.
Scrutin uninominal majoritaire à deux toursthumb|right|Schéma du mode de scrutin majoritaire à un ou deux tours. Parmi les systèmes électoraux, le scrutin uninominal majoritaire à deux tours est un vote simple sans pondération se déroulant sur deux tours au maximum. Dans sa version la plus courante, un candidat est élu au premier tour s'il recueille la majorité absolue, soit plus de 50 % des suffrages exprimés. Si aucun candidat n'atteint ce seuil, un second tour est organisé entre les deux candidats arrivés en tête, à l'issue duquel le candidat qui recueille la majorité relative, soit le plus de voix, est élu.
Vote cumulatifLe vote cumulatif (ou "vote par points" ou "vote par répartition de points") est un système de vote pondéré destiné à élire plusieurs candidats (scrutin plurinominal). Ce mode de scrutin est efficace pour représenter la diversité des opinions et permet d'empêcher les phénomènes de tyrannie de la majorité. Le vote cumulatif est fréquemment utilisé en gouvernance d'entreprise et est recommandé par la SEC et par diverses agences en conseil de vote dont ISS.
Independence of clones criterionIn voting systems theory, the independence of clones criterion measures an election method's robustness to strategic nomination. Nicolaus Tideman was the first to formulate this criterion, which states that the winner must not change due to the addition of a non-winning candidate who is similar to a candidate already present. To be more precise, a subset of the candidates, called a set of clones, exists if no voter ranks any candidate outside the set between (or equal to) any candidates that are in the set.
Bullet votingBullet voting, also known as single-shot voting and plump voting, is a voting tactic, usually in multiple-winner elections, where a voter is entitled to vote for more than one candidate, but instead votes for only one candidate. A voter might do this because it is easier than evaluating all the candidates or as a form of tactical voting. Voters can use this tactic to maximize the chance that their favorite candidate will be elected while increasing the risk that other favored candidates will lose.
Bucklin votingBucklin voting is a class of voting methods that can be used for single-member and multi-member districts. As in highest median rules like the majority judgment, the Bucklin winner will be one of the candidates with the highest median ranking or rating. It is named after its original promoter, the Georgist politician James W. Bucklin of Grand Junction, Colorado, and is also known as the Grand Junction system. Bucklin rules varied, but here is a typical example: Voters are allowed rank preference ballots (first, second, third, etc.
