Independence of Clones Criterion - Clone Negative and Clone Positive

Clone Negative and Clone Positive

Elections methods that fail independence of clones can either be clone negative (the addition of a similar candidate decreases another candidate's chance of winning) or clone positive (the addition of a similar candidate increases another candidate's chance of winning).

The Borda count is an example of a clone positive method. Plurality voting is an example of a clone negative method because of vote-splitting.

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