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What (who) is positional representation - definition

CLASS OF RANKED-CHOICE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Positional voting method; Positional voting system; Positional scoring rule
  • Relative decline in preference weightings with descending rank order for four positional voting electoral systems

positional representation      
<mathematics> The conventional way of writing numbers as a string of digits in which each digit, D, has value D * R^I, where R is the radix or (number) base and I is the digit's position counting leftward from zero at the least significant (right-hand) end. Each digit can be zero to R-1. Each position has a weight or significance R times greater than the position to its right and the right-most place has a weight of one. Decimal numbers are radix ten, binary numbers are radix two, octal radix eight and hexadecimal radix 16. Positional representation makes arithmetic operations on large numbers much easier than, say, roman numerals. It is fundamental to the binary representation used by {digital computers}. (2006-11-10)
Political representation         
POLITICAL ACTORS MAKING CITIZENS "PRESENT" IN PUBLIC POLICY MAKING PROCESSES
Descriptive representation; Substantive representation; One state, one vote; Representation by population; Substantive Representation; Rep by pop; Rep-by-pop; Models of representation; Representation by area; Politico model of representation; Representation (politics)
Political representation is the activity of making citizens "present" in public policy making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens. This definition of political representation is consistent with a wide variety of views on what representing implies and what the duties of representatives are.
Non-standard positional numeral systems         
NON-STANDARD POSITIONAL NUMERAL SYSTEMS HERE DESIGNATES NUMERAL SYSTEMS THAT MAY LOOSELY BE DESCRIBED AS POSITIONAL SYSTEMS, BUT THAT DO NOT ENTIRELY COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF STANDARD POSITIONAL SYSTEMS:
Non-standard positional numeral system
Non-standard positional numeral systems here designates numeral systems that may loosely be described as positional systems, but that do not entirely comply with the following description of standard positional systems:

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Positional voting

Positional voting is a ranked voting electoral system in which the options or candidates receive points based on their rank position on each ballot and the one with the most points overall wins. The lower-ranked preference in any adjacent pair is generally of less value than the higher-ranked one. Although it may sometimes be weighted the same, it is never worth more. A valid progression of points or weightings may be chosen at will (Eurovision Song Contest) or it may form a mathematical sequence such as an arithmetic progression (Borda count), a geometric one (positional number system) or a harmonic one (Nauru/Dowdall method). The set of weightings employed in an election heavily influences the rank ordering of the candidates. The steeper the initial decline in preference values with descending rank, the more polarised and less consensual the positional voting system becomes.

Positional voting should be distinguished from score voting: in the former, the score that each voter gives to each candidate is uniquely determined by the candidate's rank; in the latter, the each voter is free to give any score to any candidate.