Table 22-18 the Following Table Shows the Preferences of Four Types of Types

question 291

Multiple Choice

Table 22-18
The following table shows the preferences of four types of voters over four possible alternatives as well as the percentage of the electorate with the given preferences.
-Refer to Table 22-18. Suppose before any voting takes place that alternative W is eliminated as an option. Based on this information, the median voter's first choice is

• A)X
• B)Y
• C)Z
• D)The median voter's first choice cannot be determined from the information given.

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