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**Context:** Queen Lion seeks to make elections in her animal kingdom more fair, as the current system (single representative per range, chosen by most votes) leads to underrepresentation of non-monkey citizens.
**Solution:** Queen Lion discovers and tests Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, which:
1. Allows multiple representatives per range
2. Enables citizens to rank their preferred candidates
3. Allocates excess votes to next chosen candidates
**Key Findings:**
* STV leads to more proportional representation
* Citizens can vote honestly without strategic thinking
* More citizens have a local representative they voted for
* System works well with multiple or two-party scenarios
**Outcome:** Queen Lion decides to adopt STV for the jungle council elections to create a more representative and fair system for all citizens.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, with each fact numbered and presented in a short sentence:
**Setting**
1. The story takes place in an animal kingdom ruled by a queen lion.
2. The kingdom is divided into ranges, each selecting one representative to the Jungle Council.
**Original Election System**
3. The original system selects one representative per range based on the most votes.
4. This system often results in monkeys being elected, despite being a minority in the kingdom.
**Demographics of a Test Range**
5. One test range consists of 5 monkeys, 4 tigers, 3 owls, 2 lynxes, and 1 buffalo.
6. In this range, each species had one candidate running for representative.
**Single Transferable Vote (STV) System Testing**
7. Queen Lion tests the STV system by combining three ranges into one, electing three representatives.
8. The STV threshold for winning is calculated by dividing total votes by the number of representatives needed.
9. In the first STV test, the results better represented the range's demographics than the original system.
**STV System Mechanics**
10. Citizens rank their favorite candidates in the STV system.
11. A candidate needs to reach a calculated threshold (e.g., 33%) to win.
12. If no candidate reaches the threshold, the biggest loser is eliminated, and their votes are transferred to the next choice.
13. If a candidate exceeds the threshold, extra votes are transferred to their supporters' next choice.
**Additional Testing Scenarios**
14. A second test range had five candidates (gorilla, tarsier, monkey, tiger, and lynx) competing for three spots.
15. A third test range had two political parties (tigers and gorillas) with multiple candidates from each party.
**Outcomes and Advantages of STV**
16. The STV system provided more proportional representation in all test scenarios.
17. STV allows citizens to vote honestly for their favorite candidate without strategic voting.
18. The system maximizes the number of happy citizens with the results.
19. Queen Lion decides to switch the council's elections to the Single Transferable Vote system.