Direct Majority-Rule Voting Is a Form of Coercion in the Sense

question 57

Multiple Choice

Direct majority-rule voting is a form of coercion in the sense that

• A)all citizens must vote
• B)all registered voters must vote
• C)the median voter's preferences determine the outcome for everyone
• D)the majority gets exactly what they want, but the minority does not.
• E)individuals with higher incomes get more votes

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Definitions:

Homoplasious Trait

A characteristic shared by a set of species but not present in their common ancestor, often resulting from convergent evolution rather than shared ancestry.

Analogous Trait

A trait shared by different species due to convergent evolution, not because of a shared ancestry, producing similar structures independently.

Monophyletic Group

A group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor, representing a single branch on the tree of life.

Ancestor

An organism from which others have descended.