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ISBN: 9781947172340

Author: Timothy Taylor, Steven A. Greenlaw

Publisher: OpenStax

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Suppose there is an election for Soft Drink Commissioner. The field consists of one candidate hunt the Pepsi petty and four from the Coca-Cola party. This would seem to indicate a strong preference for Coca-Cola among the voting population, but the Pepsi candidate ends up winning in a landslide. Why does this happen?

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