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Question 31

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Pair-wise majority voting fails to meet which of the following criteria?

A) Transitivity
B) Independence of irrelevant alternatives and transitivity
C) No dictator and transitivity
D) No dictator and independence of irrelevant alternatives

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Question 32

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Research demonstrates that elections can be swayed by factors other than the rational policy considerations of well-informed voters,such as:

A) handshaking.
B) eating food at a county fair.
C) mudslinging.
D) All of these can sway a vote.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Question 33

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Suppose a vote was taken in a small town of 11 people to determine how much of the budget should go toward education spending.Five individuals want 10 percent,five individuals want 80 percent and one person wants 25 percent.According to the median-voter theorem,the chosen amount to spend on education will be:

Pair-wise majority voting entails:

Research has shown that voters are more likely to turn out in elections with ________ electorates and when the election is likely to be ____________.

The "independence of irrelevant alternatives" criterion is also known as the:

Why doesn't the process of electing officials prevent rent-seeking and corruption?

Political advocacy:

When smaller political groups wish to have influence in a government with pluralistic voting,they will:

If the liberum veto is used in a policy-making setting,it means:

Suppose a vote was taken among 7 district representatives about how much of the city budget should be spent on tourism advertising.Two prefer it to be 10 percent,two prefer 15 percent,and three prefer 50 percent.According to the median voter theorem,the chosen amount to spend on tourism advertising is:

An example of term limits in the United States would be that U.S.presidents cannot hold more than:

We refer to situations in which individuals need to act collectively to reach solutions that will make everyone better off as:

When voting systems fall short of the ideal by violating the principle of transitivity,the ____________ is sometimes crucial in shaping the final outcomes.

Despite the fact that most votes have virtually no impact on the outcome of a vote,and knowing people incur opportunity costs to vote,we recognize that people must vote because:

The voting system for most elections in the United States is called:

One of the merits of plurality voting is:

Historically,controlling who was able to vote was an important tool for those:

When a voter chooses to remain ignorant when the opportunity costs of gathering information outweigh the benefits,it is called:

To have an ideal voting system in place,if a group is voting on option X versus option Y,this decision should not depend on any information or preference about another unconnected option,Z.In other words,which of the following criteria must be present in the voting system?