1. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
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2. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
In 1997, Mars the confectionary company introduced their ‘Celebrations’ chocolate selection box onto the UK market. There has been a few alterations to the chocolates available in the box since that time and Mars would like to undertake some research to find out how popular the individual chocolates are.
Not only would this allow them to know which chocolates to include in the Celebrations box but also the proportion of each chocolate in terms of the numbers that should be included in a box.
As part of this process, we are going to vote on the most popular chocolates already included.
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3. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
Your teacher is about to give you a voting slip.
You must use this slip to vote on your favourite chocolates in the Celebrations box.
There are 8 types chocolates – you must choose which are your favourite 2. On the voting slip put an ‘X’ in the first column to choose your favourite chocolate and a second ‘X’ in the last column to indicate your second favourite chocolate.
Click to continue after voting has taken place

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Enter voting results:
For each of the chocolates count up the number of votes for first preference.
Click on the buttons next to each chocolate to increase the number of votes.
Note: Keep the voting slips showing the second preference for later. 2 4 2 1 1 1
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5. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
Chocolate
Votes
Snickers 4
Milky Way 2
Galaxy
Mars
Twix 1
Galaxy Caramel
Malteaser Teasers
Bounty
First Past the Post System
List Proportional Representation
The Supplementary Vote system

6. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
Using this system, our Celebrations box would be full of:
First Past The Post (FPTP)
This is the method used to elect MPs to the House of Commons
The candidate with the highest number of votes in a constituency election is the winner.
As most constituencies have large numbers of people, the result is rarely a dead-heat
Snickers, Galaxy,
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of this system?
Advantages:
Counting of votes is quick and easy
Extremist parties less likely to gain power
Disadvantages:
Doesn’t reflect the ‘alternative’ votes which could be the majority
Smaller parties get less representation
Leads to ‘tactical voting’

7. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
Using this system, our Celebrations box would consist of:
List Proportional Representation (LPR)
This is the method used to elect Members of the European Parliament in in the UK
In each region, a number of members are elected per political party in proportion to that party’s vote
So, if Party A got 40% of the vote, 40% of the members would be represented by that party.
Advantages:
Allows for more views to counted
Can increase voter participation as people feel that their vote has more value
25% Snickers
12% Milky Way
25% Galaxy
12% Mars
6% Twix
6% Galaxy Caramel
6% Malteaser Teasers
6% Bounty
Disadvantages:
More complex – takes longer to work out who has won
Can give more power to bigger parties if small party votes are fragmented
What are the advantages
and disadvantages
of this system?

8. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS
The Supplementary Vote system (SV)
This is the method used to elect single-post holder positions such as the Mayor of London
As well as indicating the favourite candidate, the voter has the opportunity to state who is the next favourite.
If one candidate does not have over 50% of the votes, then only the top two candidates are retained and the 3rd, 4th, 5th etc candidates are eliminated. The second preferential vote of the eliminated candidates is then added to the remaining candidates to determine a clear winner.
Chocolate
Votes
2nd Vote
Snickers 4
Milky Way 2
Galaxy
Mars
Twix 1
Galaxy Caramel
MalteaserTeasers
Bounty 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Decide which are the top 2 candidates here (discretion may be needed). Use the 2nd preference vote of the eliminated chocolates and add them to the scores of the 2 remaining chocolates by clicking on the black numbers. (Click here when finished)

9. CELEBRATE VOTING SYSTEMS The Supplementary Vote system (SV)
This is the method used to elect single-post holder positions such as the Mayor of London
As well as indicating the favourite candidate, the voter has the opportunity to state who is the next favourite.
If one candidate does not have over 50% of the votes, then only the top two candidates are retained and the 3rd, 4th, 5th etc candidates are eliminated. The second preferential vote of the eliminated candidates is then added to the remaining candidates to determine a clear winner.
Using this system, our Celebrations box would be full of:
Advantage:
Ensures the maximum number of votes count
Galaxy,
Disadvantage:
Doesn’t guarantee that the eventual winner will have the majority of votes
What are the advantages
and disadvantages
of this system?

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Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
VOTING CARD
Put one ‘X’ in the column for 1st choice and one ‘X’ in the column for 2nd choice
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty
Choice
1st
2nd
Snicker
Milky Way
Galaxy
Mars
Twix
Caramel
Teaser
Bounty