Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Voting and Apportionment - 13.1 Voting Methods - Exercise Set 13.1 - Page 851: 40

Answer

A preference table is a table that shows how often each particular outcome occurred on the preference ballots. A preference table summarizes an election's results in a table.

Work Step by Step

Ballots in which voters are asked to rank all the candidates are called preference ballots. A preference table is a table that shows how often each particular outcome occurred on the preference ballots. A preference table summarizes an election's results in a table. A preference table shows how many times each order of candidates appeared on the preference ballots that were submitted by the voters.
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