Consider an election with three candidates with the results:   (CBA) 2 (ACB) 6 (BAC) 5 (BCA) 2   Is there a majority winner? If not, who is the plurality winner? Answer No, B; Yes, A; No, A; No, C; or Yes, B.   Who wins the election using the Borda count method? Answer B; A; C and B tie; C; or A and B tie.   Who wins if they first eliminate the one with the most last-place votes and then have a runoff between the other two? Answer B; A; C and B tie; C; or A and B tie.   Could the two voters with preference (BCA) change the outcome of the election in previous question if they voted insincerely and pretended to have the preference (BAC)? Answer yes or no.

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Consider an election with three candidates with the results:

 

(CBA) 2

(ACB) 6

(BAC) 5

(BCA) 2

 

Is there a majority winner? If not, who is the plurality winner? Answer No, BYes, ANo, ANo, C; or Yes, B.

 

Who wins the election using the Borda count method? Answer BAC and B tieC; or A and B tie.

 

Who wins if they first eliminate the one with the most last-place votes and then have a runoff between the other two? Answer BAC and B tieC; or A and B tie.

 

Could the two voters with preference (BCA) change the outcome of the election in previous question if they voted insincerely and pretended to have the preference (BAC)? Answer yes or no.

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