Aristotle
0
1
5
Plato
0
4
3
Niccolo Machiavelli
1
5
4
Thomas Hobbes
2
1
1
John Locke
8
4
6
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2
6
1
Karl Marx
10
1
2
Peter Kropotkin
4
5
1
John Rawls
5
3
2
Robert Nozick
2
0
0
Aristotle
0
Plato
0
Niccolo Machiavelli
1
Thomas Hobbes
2
John Locke
8
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2
Karl Marx
10
Peter Kropotkin
4
John Rawls
5
Robert Nozick
2
Aristotle
0
Plato
0
Niccolo Machiavelli
0
Thomas Hobbes
0
John Locke
14
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
0
Karl Marx
13
Peter Kropotkin
0
John Rawls
0
Robert Nozick
0
Aristotle
16
Plato
17
Niccolo Machiavelli
15
Thomas Hobbes
11
John Locke
20
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
15
Karl Marx
18
Peter Kropotkin
14
John Rawls
16
Robert Nozick
7
Aristotle
113
Plato
113
Niccolo Machiavelli
109
Thomas Hobbes
77
John Locke
175
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
112
Karl Marx
148
Peter Kropotkin
114
John Rawls
124
Robert Nozick
36
Aristotle
0
Plato
0
Niccolo Machiavelli
0
Thomas Hobbes
0
John Locke
13
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
0
Karl Marx
12
Peter Kropotkin
0
John Rawls
0
Robert Nozick
0

Who is the best political philosopher?

First Three Choices

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This is a chart of the first three choices. You might be able to tell the winner just by looking at this chart but most of the times you need to choose a voting system.

Winner?

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The winner is usually chosen by one voting system. There can be different winner depending of the voting system. We show you here who won the most voting system.
CandidateVoting System Won
John Locke5 (Alternative Voting,
Supplementary Vote,
Borda Count,
Approval Voting,
Condorcet Method)
Karl Marx1 (First Past The Post)
Number of votes 34
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First Past The Post

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The First Past The Post only count the first vote.
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Alternative Voting

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The Alternative vote goes like this :
  1. Count the first vote.
  2. If one candidate have more than 50% of vote, he is the winner.
  3. If there is only one candidate left, he is the winner.
  4. If no winner found, remove the one with the worst score and distribute their second vote.
  5. Go back to number 2 (until a winner is found).
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Supplementary vote

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The Supplementary vote goes like this :
  1. Count the first vote.
  2. If one candidate have more than 50% of vote, he is the winner.
  3. If no winner, remove all the candidates but the best two.
  4. Distribute the second vote of thoses that voted for an eliminated candidate.
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Borda Count

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The Borda count goes like this, where n is the number of candidates :
  • Every first vote give n points
  • Every second vote give n-1 points
  • Every third vote give n-2 points
  • Every ... vote give ... points
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Approval Voting

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The approval voting count every approved vote for one point. The order of the choices don't matter for this system.
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Condorcet Method

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The Condorcet method finds the winner by doing a one-on-one with every participant. The winner needs to be prefered to every other opponent. I recommend to visit the Wikipedia link if you haven't heard of the Condorcet method before.
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CandidateCorresponding letter
Aristotle A
Plato B
Niccolo Machiavelli C
Thomas Hobbes D
John Locke E
Jean-Jacques Rousseau F
Karl Marx G
Peter Kropotkin H
John Rawls I
Robert Nozick J

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F121212116—9101114
G141516131314—141516
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