Maths at: The Election

WE'RE BACK FOR A ONE OFF SPECIAL! What could be special enough to bring us back? Well nothing more than a bloomin' election! That's right we're going to look at how maths infuses even our democratic duties. Today's discussion points: How are Thomas and Liz now that they're parents? How do we deal with having no perfect voting systems? Rude diagrams and asymptotes. All this and more in this week's Maths at. In you're interested in more political theory then the UK will be going to the polls on November 12th! Enough stats to make you go blind. Further reading: This YouTube Playlist provides a really wonderful overview of why all voting systems are bad. Take a look at what your vote is really worth at voterpower.org. How does tactical voting work? Subscribe via iTunes. Follow us on twitter @PodcastMathsAt, as well as @ThomasEWoolley and @benmparker.