Practice mode Asymmetric Information

Under pairwise majority voting, if each person votes for the option closest to their own preferred outcome, which statement holds?

Correct answer D. The outcome preferred by the median voter wins

Explanation

The median voter theorem shows that the option preferred by the median voter defeats any alternative in a head-to-head vote, because it always gains at least half the votes.

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