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Best Movie of 2012
The four choices are as listed:
The Dark Knight Rises (D)
Jump Street (J)
The Hunger Games (H)
The Avengers (A)
Ballots

Ballots were taken directly from friends, family, and emails and recorded by myself.

Ballot- D H J A Ballot- J A D H Ballot-A D H J Ballot- D H J A
Ballot- D H J A Ballot- D H J A Ballot- J A D H Ballot-H J A D
Ballot- J A D H Ballot- D H J A Ballot- D H J A Ballot-A D H J
Ballot- D H J A Ballot-A D H J Ballot-H J A D Ballot- D H J A
Ballot- H J A D Ballot-H J A D Ballot-A D H J Ballot-A D H J
Ballot-H J A D Ballot-D H J A Ballot- J A D H Ballot-A D H J
Ballot- J A D H Ballot-H J A D Ballot-H J A D Ballot- J A D H
Ballot-H J A D Ballot- J A D H

Total of voters-30

Preference Schedule
Number of voters 6 8 7 9
1st choice A H J D
2nd choice D J A H
3rd choice H A D J
4th choice J D H A

The Plurality Method

For the plurality method, we only care about the first choice options. Totaling them up:
The Dark Knight Rises: 9 votes
Jump Street: 7 votes
The Avengers: 6 votes
The Hunger Games: 8 votes

The Dark Knight Rises is the winner.

The Borda Count Method

6 8 7 9
1st choice A H J D 4 points 24 32 28 36
2nd choice D J A H 3 points 18 24 21 27
3rd choice H A D J 2 points 12 16 14 18
4th choice J D H A 1 point 6 8 7 9

Adding up the points:
The Dark Knight Rises: 36+18+14+8 = 76 points
Jump street: 28+24+18+6 = 76 points
The Hunger Games: 32+27+12+7 = 78 points
The Avengers: 24+21+16+9 = 70 points

Under the Borda Count method, The Hunger Games is the winner of this election.

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