Now, suppose that Derek fired his first 10 advisers and hired 10 new ones. These new advisers rank
the issues (Environmental and Energy Policy, Immigration Policy, Marriage Policy, and Tax Policy) by
order of importance. A preference schedule of how these new advisers voted is given below.
6
2
2
1st
E
M M
2nd M
T
I
3rd
T
I
T
4th
I
E
E
1. Which issue wins using the Plurality Method ?
2. Is there a majority winner? Why or why not?
3. Which issue wins under the Borda Count Method ?
4. Given the above information, which issue should be chosen? Why?