Briana Segovia and Mike hudson

1. suicide by a patient
facilitated by means (as a
drug prescription or
indication of the lethal
dosage) provided by a
physician who is aware of
how the patient intends to
use such means

2. SHOULD PHYSICIAN ASSISTED
SUICIDE BE ALLOWED?
• A: YES
• B: YES, AFTER A CERTAIN AGE
– EX. 65+
• C: YES, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTA NCES
– EX. TERMINALLY ILL
• D: NO

3. PLURALITY

4. Votes
C
D
A
B
PLURALITY

5. Choice C
wins by majority!
CHOICE C:
YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
EX. TERMINALLY ILL
PLURALITY

6. Choice D
is a close second..
CHOICE D:
NO
Choice D could have been a close second
because people are opposed to the idea
of suicide being okay. OR it could be
because the voters are not properly
educated on the subject
PLURALITY

7. BORDA COUNT

8. VOTES
A
B
C
D

9. VOTES
A
B
C
D
Votes
A
B
C
D
PLURALITY BORDAVS
*NOTICE how much the voting outcomes change when
preference is taken into consideration

10. 4 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 1
1 C D A B A C C D D C B
2 D B C C C B B C A A A
3 B C D A B D A B B B C
4 A A B D D A D A C D D
VOTERS
P
R
E
F
E
R
E
N
C
E

11. 4 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 1
1 C-16 D-8 A-8 B-8 A-4 C-16 C-20 D-20 D-4 C-4 B-4
2 D-12 B-6 C-6 C-6 C-3 B-12 B-15 C-15 A-3 A-3 A-3
3 B-8 C-4 D-4 A-4 B-2 D-8 A-10 B-10 B-2 B-2 C-2
4 A-4 A-2 B-2 D-2 D-1 A-4 D-5 A-5 C-1 D-1 D-1
VOTING POINTS

12. C wins the most points
therefore C wins the
vote again
VOTE POINTS
A 45
B 69
C 75
D 45
CHOICE C:
YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
EX. TERMINALLY ILL

13. HOWEVER B is the
closest second when
preference is taken into
consideration.
VOTE POINTS
A 45
B 69
C 75
D 45
CHOICE B:
YES, ONLY AFTER A CERTAIN AGE
EX. 65+
This makes more sense because if C wins ( yes, in certain
circumstances ) then the most people to vote for C will vote for B in
higher preference because it is the closest option to C.
Most people will vote Yes to the issue as long as it has certain
restrictions!

14. PAIRWISE COMPARISON

15. VOTES
A
B
C
D

16. PLURALITY BORDA PAIRWISEVSVS
Votes
A
B
C
D
VOTES
A
B
C
D
VOTES
A
B
C
D

17. PAIRWISE COMPARISON
1
2
3
4
P
R
E
F.
VOTES

18. PAIRWISE COMPARISON
C vs D
C vs B
C vs A
D vs B
D vs A
B vs A
A: 1 point
B: 1.5 points
C: 3 points
D: .5 points
Choice C wins in pairwise comparison too. Though unlike in Plurality where
choice D ( no ) is the closest second, In pairwise D is in dead last! Meaning
more people actually prefer for Physician assisted suicide to be legal than to
not be!
CHOICE C:
YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
EX. TERMINALLY ILL

19. PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF

20. PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
4 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 1
1 C D A B A C C D D C B
2 D B C C C B B C A A A
3 B C D A B D A B B B C
4 A A B D D A D A C D D
ELIMINATION KICKS OFF A FIRST

21. PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
6 3 3 11 5
1 C D B C D
2 D B C B C
3 B C D D B
ELIMINATION KICKS OFF B SECOND

22. PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
20 8
1 C D
2 D C
As all the other choices are
eliminated, we are left with
the two most popular choice
sequences. C & D. We can then
see that choice C wins
plurality with runoff also.
CHOICE C:
YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
EX. TERMINALLY ILL

24. SHOULD PHYSICIAN ASSISTED
SUICIDE BE ALLOWED?
• A: YES
• B: YES, AFTER A CERTAIN AGE
– EX. 65+
• C: YES, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTA NCES
– EX. TERMINALLY ILL
• D: NO