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Chapter 1, Problem 73E
Consider the following fairness criterion: If a majority of the voters have candidate X ranked last, then candidate X should not be a winner of the election.
a. Give an example to illustrate why the plurality method violates this criterion.
b. Give an example to illustrate why the plurality-with-elimination method violates this criterion. c. Explain why the method of pairwise comparisons satisfies this criterion.
d. Explain why the Borda count method satisfies this criterion.
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