Volume
23
Issue
3
Abstract
We analyze California’s gubernatorial recall system using basic ideas from the mathematical theory of social choice. We expose some pathologies of the system, use computer simulations to explore how often these pathologies might occur, investigate the effects of strategic voting on the analysis, and suggest changes to the system that cure the pathologies.
First Page
269
Last Page
293
Recommended Citation
Hollday, Wesley H. and Pacuit, Eric
(2026)
"The irrationality of the California gubernatorial recall system,"
The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 23
:
No.
3
, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.1693
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol23/iss3/8
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.54870/1551-3440.1693
Publisher
University of Montana, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
