1. Thirteen members of a dinner committee want to decide what kind of background music will be played during a meal. Their choices are easy listening, jazz, classical, and new age. Following are their preference rankings: Number of Voters 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 Easy Listening 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 Jazz 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 Classical 3 2 4 3 4 1 1 2 New age 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 1 A) What option would win using the plurality method? (Show vote totals
1. Thirteen members of a dinner committee want to decide what kind of background music
will be played during a meal. Their choices are easy listening, jazz, classical, and new age.
Following are their preference rankings:
Number of Voters 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1
Easy Listening 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4
Jazz 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3
Classical 3 2 4 3 4 1 1 2
New age 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 1
A) What option would win using the plurality method? (Show vote totals)
B) What option would win using the plurality method with a runoff between the
top two finishers? (Show vote totals)
C) Which candidate would win using the Borda method? Show the Borda
counts. (You should say if you are using Easy Borda method).
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