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

question 18

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?
$\begin{array}{c|l}\text { Number of Voters } & \text { Ranking } \\\hline 7 & \mathrm{a}>\mathrm{b}>\mathrm{c} \\10 & \mathrm{~b}>\mathrm{a}>\mathrm{c} \\4 & \mathrm{a}>\mathrm{c}>\mathrm{b} \\8 & \mathrm{c}>\mathrm{b}>\mathrm{a}\end{array}$

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

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Definitions:

Musculocutaneous

Pertaining to both muscle and skin, often used to describe a type of nerve connected to both.

Obturator

Refers to a structure that closes or blocks an opening, often used in anatomical contexts such as the obturator foramen in the pelvic bone.

Peroneal

Associated with the fibula.

Femoral

Pertaining to the femur or thigh, the longest and strongest bone in the human body.