Example Voting Methods

  1. Simple Majority

    The following table shows the custom response activity attribute value assigned to each response for a simple majority voting method.

    Simple Majority Voting Method

    Response Custom Response Activity Attribute Value
    A 50
    B 50
    C 50

    The result is any response that gets more than fifty percent of the votes. If no response gets more than fifty percent, the result is that no match is found (#NOMATCH).

  2. Simple Majority with Default

    The following table shows the custom response activity attribute value assigned to each response for a simple majority with default voting method.

    Simple Majority with Default Voting Method

    Response Custom Response Activity Attribute Value
    A 50
    B 50
    C blank

    If response A gets more than fifty percent of the votes, A is the result. Similarly if response B gets more than fifty percent of the votes, B is the result. If neither response A nor B gets more than fifty percent of the votes, then C is the result.

  3. Simple Majority with Multiple Defaults

    The following table shows the custom response activity attribute value assigned to each response for a simple majority with multiple defaults voting method.

    Simple Majority with Multiple Defaults Voting Method

    Response Custom Response Activity Attribute Value
    A 50
    B blank
    C blank

    If response A gets more than fifty percent of the votes, A is the result. If A gets fifty percent of the votes, or less, then response B or C is the result depending on which of the two received the higher number of votes. If A gets fifty percent of the votes, or less, and both B and C receive the same number of votes, then the result is a tie (#TIE).

  4. Popularity

    The following table shows the custom response activity attribute value assigned to each response for a popularity voting method.

    Popularity Voting Method

    Response Custom Response Activity Attribute Value
    A blank
    B blank
    C blank

    The result is the response that gets the highest number of votes.

  5. Black Ball

    The following table shows the custom response activity attribute value assigned to each response for a black ball voting method.

    Black Ball Voting Method

    Response Custom Response Activity Attribute Value
    YES 100
    NO 0

    Any vote for response NO makes NO the result.

  6. Jury

    The following table shows the custom response activity attribute value assigned to each response for a jury voting method.

    Jury Voting Method

    Response Custom Response Activity Attribute Value
    GUILTY 100
    NOT_GUILTY 100

    A unanimous response is required, otherwise no match is found (#NOMATCH).

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