Election Modeling Project
In this project my team and I used ordinary differential equations to model different election methods and their potential effects on the outcomes of a hypothetical election. As a team, we determined how voters, candidates, and winners of the election might influence each other and affect each other's ideological movement. We then used plurality (first past the post), ranked-choice voting (RCV) and Borda count to choose the winner of the election where each voter ranked the candidates by ideological proximity.
I performed preliminary research into election systems and helped select which systems to use. I then helped create the ordinary differential equation that would model how each individual would move. I created the animation of each scenario so that the dynamics are easily understood and visualized. Finally I wrote sections of the final project and played a role in the editing and revising of the final product.