Solve the problem.An election is held among four candidates (A, B, C, and D). Using a voting method we will call X, the winner of the election is candidate A. Due to an irregularity in the original procedures, a new election is required. Before the new election takes place, one of the voters changes his mind and moves A from third choice to second choice on his ballot. All other voters vote the same way they did in the original election. In the new election, still using voting method X, candidate D wins the election. Based on this information, we can say that voting method X violates the

Question

A. majority criterion.
B. monotonicity criterion.
C. independence of irrelevant alternatives criterion.
D. Condorcet criterion.
E. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: B