Decide whether the statement makes sense. Explain your reasoning.Martin demanded a second election because he lost to Simon in a close Borda count vote. In the second election, the voters did not change their preferences but one of the other losing candidates dropped out. Martin won the second election.

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Yes, the statement makes sense. Using the Borda count method, fairness criterion 4 may be violated. This means that if a second election is held in which one of the losing candidates drops out and in which voters keep the same preferences, there is no guarantee that the same candidate will win.