# Self-consistency of voting implies majority vote

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.00170 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1807.00170/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 30 Jun 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Backdoor Attack on Vision Language Models with Stealthy Semantic Manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.07214/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Paper develops axiomatic characterization of the family of majority vote rules in the way alternative to characterization of the majority vote given in paper of Kenneth O. May in the 1952. This, similar but different, axiomatics focuses on the consistency of the voting procedure. Both approaches are compared. Relation to famous Kenneth J. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem is also discussed.