Talk:Weighted voting

2016 comment
In June of 2016, the article claims that weighted voting is used in the United States Electoral College. I disagree. Or, put another way, if weighted voting is used is the Electoral College, then it is also used in both houses of the U.S. Congress. --Mpb2 (talk) 19:49, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Under a strict enough definition, I think the EC shouldn't count, because American states don't actually cast votes for the president, but rather electors, who can break their individual pledges to vote for a given candidate. But setting that small caveat aside, the EC is much more like the other weighted systems in the article than a typical legislative body (such as the Senate) is. That's because a given Senate vote on a bill is fundamentally separate from the elections that put those senators into power. Neither vote was officially weighted -- each citizen in a state had the same weight as other citizens, and each Senator the same as others. Of course, considering the two in combination, it looks an awful lot like a resident of a small state has a heavier vote than one in a large state. But a key distinction is that individual senators are free to act one way or the other. It would be different if all bills were put to a national public vote that gave every state exactly two votes on the issue (or every congressional district, with their unequal populations, exactly one) but the Senate and House as they exist don't hold truly weighted votes. ± Lenoxus (" *** ") 19:13, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Sections are unclear and confusing
What is the Weighted voting games section getting at? Then the The notion of power section uses that to make some other obscure point. Can someone with expertise in gaming clear this all up? What is [6: 5, 3, 2] for example? And who/what is P1? Thanks — Iadmc  ♫ talk  21:47, 4 June 2024 (UTC)