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Public Choice: Median Voters and Inefficient Voting Outcomes

Preferential voting ballot

Preferential voting ballot

The Condorcet paradox is used to evaluate voting systems. Voters rank candidates according to their own preferences. The Condorcet method states that a candidate wins by majority rule.

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