The Median Voter's Preferred Outcome Is the Same as the

question 170

Multiple Choice

The median voter's preferred outcome is the same as the

• A)average preferred outcome.
• B)outcome preferred by the greatest number of voters.
• C)outcome produced by majority rule.
• D)outcome preferred by Arrow's "perfect" voter.

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