We should elect politicians this way.

Where N is the set of responses in the range -5 to -1 (one to five stars) and P is the set of responses in the range 1 to 5 (six to ten stars).

This is the formula I settled on for computing the rankings for the picture votes in the Gothic BC photo gallery. See how it kind of looks like a smiley face? Surely this will make everyone happy.

Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/803783.html