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

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

PLURALITY

Votes

C

D

A

B

PLURALITY

Choice Cwins by majority!

CHOICE C:YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

EX. TERMINALLY ILL

PLURALITY

Choice Dis 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

BORDA COUNT

VOTES

A

B

C

D

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

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

PREFERENCE

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

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

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!

PAIRWISE COMPARISON

VOTES

A

B

C

D

PLURALITY BORDA PAIRWISEVSVS

Votes

A

B

C

D

VOTES

A

B

C

D

VOTES

A

B

C

D

PAIRWISE COMPARISON

123

4

PREF.

VOTES

PAIRWISE COMPARISON

C vs DC vs BC vs AD vs BD vs AB vs A

A: 1 pointB: 1.5 pointsC: 3 pointsD: .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

PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF

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

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

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

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