1. Why don't the #1 votes add up to 35? Three ballots consisted primarily or exclusively of Canadian schools, including at #1. 23 for Chicago, 6 for Illinois, 2 for Michigan, 1 for Duke make up the rest. 2. What was the deal with that Duke #1 vote? I can't say, but the same person's poll included several irregular entries - in fact, their ballot included only three schools that made the Top 25 and at least half of their ballot consisted of programs listed on no other ballots. As Andy already said, it did not come from there. I can only speculate as to what the motivation might be for a ballot like this. (The "11" for top Duke vote is a typo that will be fixed along with another couple of things.) 3. What is to be done about this? Diverse viewpoints to some extent are useful, and the new tabulation system muffles joke, protest, or other extreme outlying ballots to some extent - their effect on the poll results were not generally significant. However, I cannot help but feel as if some individuals are intentionally sabotaging the efforts of myself and others to provide a source of news/information to the AC community. There will be a formula regarding ballot acceptability that will be designed to keep such nonsense votes from being counted before the next poll. 4. What about Canada? Hmmm....Canada probably needs its own poll. Though I have heard of most of the Canadian universities listed, I imagine neither I nor most voters from south of the border are aware of even the existence of QB programs from the bulk of them. It would seem silly to ban Canadian programs (or British ones, for that matter) from being mentioned, but at the same time there is little if any basis for comparison in most cases. This may change in the future, as more activity takes place up there and/or people in the USA hear more about it.
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