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 81. One implication of the Condorcet paradox is a. that the order in which things are voted on can affect the result. b. that the order in which things are voted on is irrelevant. c. that you do not want to be in charge of arranging which items are voted upon first. d. that when there are only two items being voted on the order matters.  82. Which voter is the voter whose views on a policy issue are in the middle of the spectrum, with half of the voters on one side of this voter’s view and half on the other side. a. Average voter b. Mean voter c. Modal voter d. Median voter  83. A community has five voters who are interested in only one issue: the government’s spending on local parks. If Anthony would like the government to spend $12,000 on parks, Bob prefers $7,000, Carey prefers $4,000, Diane prefers $2,000, and Elaine prefers $0, how much spending would a politician seeking to win the election select when running against one opponent? a. $2,000 b. $4,000 c. $7,000 d. $12,000  84. The median-voter theorem explains why a. politicians take extreme stands on issues. b. voters are attracted to political outsiders. c. two opposing politicians tend to take opposite sides of each issues. d. politicians tend to take middle-of-the-road positions.  Scenario 22-3 Three candidates, Frank, Brian, and Wanda, are running for office. There are three voters in the upcoming election: Henry, Diane, and Linda. Henry prefers Brian over Frank and Frank over Wanda. Diane prefers Wanda over Brian and Brian over Frank. Linda prefers Frank over Brian and Brian over Wanda. 85. Refer to Scenario 22-3. If the voters were given a choice of Frank versus Brian first, then the winner was in a second election versus Wanda, who would win? a. Frank b. Brian c. Wanda d. There is not enough information to answer this question.   Â