When the Conservatives and the Liberals Offer Similar Platforms in an Election

question 21

Multiple Choice

When the Conservatives and the Liberals offer similar platforms in an election campaign,what is a likely explanation

• A)the Arrow impossibility theorem
• B)the Condorcet paradox
• C)implications of the median voter theorem
• D)the fact that politicians are more interested in the national interest than their own self-interest

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