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Question 51

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In the past,voting systems in most countries required that you be:

A) male in order to vote.
B) both male and hold property in order to vote.
C) both male and white in order to vote.
D) white, male, and hold property in order to vote.

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

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Question 52

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If a pair-wise majority vote was held to determine which school project gets funded and the voters' preferences are shown in the table,if Ernie sets the agenda which option would he see was voted on first?

A) Library and lab
B) Computer lab and gym
C) Gym and library
D) It doesn't matter which options are considered first.

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

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Question 53

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Plurality voting fails which of the criteria for an ideal voting system?

Compared to two-party systems,proportional-representation systems are thought to:

If a pair-wise majority vote was held and the voters' preferences are shown in the table,which option would win overall?

The intent of the liberum veto was ___________,and the outcome was _____________.

Which of the four criteria for an ideal voting system is demonstrated when everyone in a town prefers spending on improved public transportation systems instead of public parks,and transportation spending wins?

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

One of the merits of plurality voting is:

If a pair-wise majority vote was held and the voters' preferences are shown in the table,assuming public parks and transportation was the first pair to be voted on,which voter will be happiest with the outcome?

Compared to proportional-representation systems,two-party systems are thought to:

Suppose everyone in a town votes that they prefer improved public transportation systems instead of public parks.According to the criteria of independence of irrelevant alternatives that preference should ___________ even if a third option not likely to win,like a public zoo,is included in the vote.

In thinking about the criteria for an ideal voting system,unanimity means if:

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 ______ of the budget.

In considering the criteria for an ideal voting system,the idea of an irrelevant alternative refers to:

Research has shown that the chances of one vote making a difference in an election is:

If a pair-wise majority vote was held to determine which school project gets funded and the voters' preferences are shown in the table,in order for the library to win overall,which items must be voted on first?

The amount of corruption that occurs in a government is hard to measure because:

First-past-the-post voting structures tend to lead to a:

Steel producers lobbying to keep imports out is an example of: