Table 22-3 -Refer to Table 22-3.The Table Shows the Preferences of Three

question 153

Multiple Choice

Table 22-3

-Refer to Table 22-3.The table shows the preferences of three types of voters over three possible outcomes: X,Y,and Z.In addition,the table shows the percentage of voters of each type.Based on this information,which of the following statements is true?

• A)As the Condorcet Paradox predicts, majority rule fails to produce transitive preferences for society.
• B)As Arrow's Impossibility Theorem demonstrates, it is impossible from this information to determine which outcome the voters prefer.
• C)The median voter theorem allows us to conclude that in a vote between X and Y, Y will win since the Type 2 voter is the median voter.
• D)While the Condorcet Paradox predicts that majority rule may not produce transitive preferences for society as a whole, society's preferences in this case are transitive.

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