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6)Consider the following voting problem: there are 3 alternatives A, B, and C. There are 3...

6)Consider the following voting problem: there are 3 alternatives A, B, and C. There are 3 voters whose preferences are as follows:
Voter 1: A > B > C
Voter 2: B > C > A
Voter 3: C > A > B
The voting procedure is as follows: first A competes with B and then the winner competes with C.
If voters are strategic what is the voting outcome? Who will each voter vote for in the first stage?

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According to the consumer preference theory the subjective taste of a consumer is based on the amount of satisfaction they derive from a commodity, so if a consumer has three comodities A, B, and C, and they prefer A over B and B over C they'll rationally prefer A over C.

so in the question, voter 1 prefers candidate A over B and B over C so if there are only two candidates A and C the voter will prefer A over C.

Voter 2 prefers candidate B over C and C over A, therefore, he'll also prefer B over A.

Likewise Voter 3 prefers candidate C over A and A over B, thus he'll prefer C over A.

Now, according to the voting procedure only candidate A and B compete in the first round, thus voter 1 will vote for candidate A, voter 2 will vote for candidate B and voter 3 will vote for candidate A rationally considering their level of satisfaction, therefore candidate A wins the first round with 2 votes.

Now, for round 2 candidate C and the winner of the first round candidate A compete against each other.. here voter 1 votes for candidate A, voter 2 votes for candidate C and voter 3 votes for candidate C.

Thus the winner of round two will be candidate C with 2 votes.

Answer: If voters are strategic the voting outcome is that candidate C wins the elections. And in the winner for round 1 will be candidate A


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