Table 18-1 -Refer to Table 18-1.The Table Above Lists Three Policy Alternatives

question 109

Multiple Choice

Table 18-1

-Refer to Table 18-1.The table above lists three policy alternatives that the U.S.Senate will vote on,along with the ranking of these alternates.The Senate must decide which of these alternatives should receive an additional $1 billion of funding,and there is enough money in the federal budget for only one of these alternatives.If a series of votes is taken in which each pair of alternatives is considered (homeland security and education; homeland security and medical research; education and medical research) which of the following will result from these votes?

• A)When the vote is between homeland security and education,the Senators will vote for education to receive funding.
• B)The Senators' votes will demonstrate transitivity.
• C)The results will illustrate the voting paradox.
• D)The results from the voting will illustrate the median voter theorem.

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