An investigation into the mathematics behind voting systems, exploring historical regime data, the geometry of electoral boundaries, and the paradoxes of social choice theory.

• Drawing line graphs
• Calculating mean
• Calculating values given mean
• Calculating percentages

It would be sensible to deliver this resource to pupils who have some familiarity with terms such as democracy and awareness of the voting system.

Teachers may want to play a video or discuss democracy if delivering at a pertinent time to pupils.

Teachers should print off a copy of the attached A3 teacher sheet before delivering to pupils. It may be sensible, for example, to clarify contigous boundary definition for section 3 on gerrymandering.