Chapter 1, Problem 38E

Table 1-36 (see Exercise 16) shows the preference schedule for an election with five candidates (A, B, C, D, and E). The number of voters in this election was very large, so the columns of the preference schedule show percentages rather than actual numbers of voters. Use the Plurality-with-elimination method to

a. find the winner of the election.

b. find the complete ranking of the candidates.

$Table1-36$

Percent of voters	$25$	$21$	$15$	$12$	$10$	$9$	$8$
$1st$	C	E	B	A	C	C	C
$2nd$	E	D	D	D	D	B	E
$3rd$	D	B	E	B	E	A	D
$4th$	A	A	C	E	A	E	B
$5th$	B	C	A	C	B	D	A