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Suppose that 17 voters have ideal points as given in the following table. Ideal points 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Number of voters 1 2 3 5 3 2 1 Candidate A announces a policy position of 1 and Candidate B announces a policy position of 5.
-Is there a 2/3-separation opportunity for a third Candidate C to enter the race?
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What is the smallest value of the extended median if the voters' ideal points are 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, 10?
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Suppose that the continuous distribution of voters' ideal points is the bent solid line below.
-Assuming Candidate A and Candidate B's policy positions are 2 and 4, determine whether Candidate C can enter and win the election.
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Seven board members of a company must decide between two other board members (A and B) for a certain position. The voters are concerned with two issues and their ideal points are represented as ordered pairs: (1, 5), (3, 3), (5, 2), (6, 4), (6, 2), (4, 4), and (3, 2). Assume that A and B announce policy positions of (2, 2) and (5, 4), respectively.
-Find the number of board members who would vote for B based on ideal points.
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Seven board members of a company must decide between two other board members (A and B) for a certain position. The voters are concerned with two issues and their ideal points are represented as ordered pairs: (1, 4), (2, 3), (5, 2), (6, 3), (6, 1), (4, 4), and (3, 3). Assume that A and B announce policy positions of (1, 1) and (6, 4), respectively.
-Which candidate would win the election based on ideal points?
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Consider the following distribution of 33 voters at eight different positions over the interval [0,1]. Position 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 6 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 1
-For two candidates A and B with distinct policy positions 0.3 and 0.75, respectively, find the number of votes for the candidate B based on voter's ideal positions.
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Consider the following distribution of 34 voters at eight different positions over the interval [0, 1]. Location 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 2 3 5 7 7 5 3 2
-Candidate A announces a policy position of 0.3 and Candidate B announces a policy position of 0.8. Is there a 2/3-separation opportunity for a third Candidate C to enter the race?
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Consider the following distribution of 33 voters at eight different positions over the interval [0,1]. Position 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 6 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 1
-What is the equilibrium position in a two-candidate election?
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A distribution of voters is uniform over [0, 1]. Candidates A and B have already entered the election and have chosen positions at 1/4 and 3/4, respectively.
-If C enters at 1/2, who wins the election?
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Suppose that the continuous distribution of voters' ideal points is the bent solid line below.
-Assuming that Candidate A's policy position is 4 and Candidate B announces a policy position of 2.5, describe which voters vote for Candidate B.
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Suppose that the continuous distribution of voters' ideal points is the bent solid line below.
-Assume that Candidate A and Candidate B's policy positions are 1.5 and 2.5. If Candidate C enters at 2, what fraction of the vote does the winner receive?
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Seven board members of a company must decide between two other board members (A and B) for a certain position. The voters are concerned with two issues and their ideal points are represented as ordered pairs: (1, 4), (2, 3), (5, 2), (6, 3), (6, 1), (4, 4), and (3, 3). Assume that A and B announce policy positions of (1, 1) and (6, 4), respectively.
-What is the midpoint of the two policy positions?
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Consider the following distribution of 35 voters at eight different positions over the interval [0, 1]. Location 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 4 7 4 2 3 7 4 4
-What is the median position of the voters?
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Consider the following distribution of 35 voters at eight different positions over the interval [0, 1]. Location 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 4 7 4 2 3 7 4 4
-This distribution of voters is best described as:
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Seven board members of a company must decide between two other board members (A and B) for a certain position. The voters are concerned with two issues and their ideal points are represented as ordered pairs: (1, 4), (2, 3), (5, 2), (6, 3), (6, 1), (4, 4), and (3, 3). Assume that A and B announce policy positions of (1, 1) and (6, 4), respectively.
-How many board members would vote for B based on ideal points?
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Consider the following distribution of 33 voters at eight different positions over the interval [0,1]. Position 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 6 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 1
-What is the median of the distribution?
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Suppose 16 voters are distributed at different positions over the interval [0, 1], as shown below. Location 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Number of voters 2 0 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 What is the median position of the voters?
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