The ballot just described is depicted at right. Since there are five elections and two choices in each election, a voter can cast the ballot in any of 2 2 2 2 2 = 32 possible ways, if she casts a legal vote for each election. In information-theoretic terms, her ballot conveys 5 bits of information concerning her value-preferences. (Mathematically, 32 = 25, and 5 = log2 32.)     Next page
BALLOT
Office A
Richard McGovern (Party X) George Nixon (Party Y)
Office B
Gerald Carter (Party X) Jimmy Ford (Party Y)
Office C
Ronald Mondale (Party X) Walter Reagan (Party Y)
Office D
Bob Clinton (Party X) William Dole (Party Y)
Office E
George W. Gore (Party X) Al Bush (Party Y)
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