(A) Using the Borda Count Method of Voting, Determine the an election

question 5

Short Answer

$$\begin{array}{l}\text { The preference table below summarizes the results of an election. }\\\begin{array} { l | l l l l } \text { Number of votes } & 8 & 2 & 10 & 12 \\\hline \text { First choice } & \mathrm { Z } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { C } \\\text { Second choice } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { Z } & \mathrm { C } & \mathrm { Z } \\\text { Third choice } & \mathrm { C } & \mathrm { C } & \mathrm { Z } & \mathrm { S }\end{array}\end{array}$$ (a) Using the Borda count method of voting, determine the winner. (b) Does the election violate the majority criterion?

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