An Election Is Held Among Five Candidates (A, B, C

question 26

Multiple Choice

An election is held among five candidates (A, B, C, D, and E) . There are 37 voters. Using the Method of Pairwise Comparisons it is found that A, B , and C each win two pairwise comparison while D wins three. If E wins the remaining comparisons in this election, then which statement is true?

• A) D is the Condorcet candidate.
• B) E is the Condorcet candidate.
• C) D has a Majority of 1^st Choice Votes.
• D) E has a Majority of 1^st Choice Votes.
• E) None of the above is true.

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