Given the Following Voter Profile, Determine Which Candidate (If Any)is

question 14

Multiple Choice

Given the following voter profile, determine which candidate (if any) is a Condorcet Candidate and who will be selected using the Plurality Method. Does the Plurality Method violate the Condorcet
Criterion for the voter profile? $\begin{array}{c|c}\text { Number of Voters } & \text { Ranking } \\\hline 15 & \mathrm{~b}>\mathrm{a}>\mathrm{c}>\mathrm{d} \\11 & \mathrm{c}>\mathrm{a}>\mathrm{d}>\mathrm{b} \\9 & \mathrm{~d}>\mathrm{c}>\mathrm{a}>\mathrm{b} \\5 & \mathrm{a}>\mathrm{d}>\mathrm{c}>\mathrm{b} \\1 & \mathrm{c}>\mathrm{d}>\mathrm{a}>\mathrm{b}\end{array}$

• A) c, c; no
• B) b, b; no
• C) c, b; yes
• D) b, c; yes

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