New quota-based apportionment methods: the allocation of delegates in the Republican Presidential Primary

DOI10.1016/J.MATHSOCSCI.2020.05.001MaRDI QIDQ2019327zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael A. Jones, David McCune, Jennifer M. Wilson

Publication date 26 April 2021

Published in Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2020.05.001

zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton's methodquota methodsdelegate apportionmentRepublican primary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25)

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