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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