Question

Consider the race for governor of a small state. The population of the state is evenly divided between three cities—Summertown, Tarrytown, and Auburn. The governor's race is between Ralph Rubin (the mayor of Summertown) and Travis Turner (the mayor of Tarrytown). Assume that no matter what is said during the campaign, Rubin can count on the support of 100% of the Summertown population, and Turner can count on the support of 100% of the Tarrytown population. Assume 100% voter participation.

a. According to the result of majority-rule voting, the next governor will be the one preferred by the majority of the residents of ___________.
Options:
a. Summertown
b. Tarrytown
c. Auburn

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

The first point here is that the State is evenly distributed among the three cities that made up the state. That means if the state population is 300 , each city population is 100 .

Now , if Ralph Rubin get a 10% support from Summerton (100 people) and Turner got the 100% support of Tarrytown (100 people) assuming 1005 participation. The decider of the election will be the people of Auburn.

The preferred candidate by the majority ((more tha 50%)people of auburn will be the winner