Agenda Setting

Suppose that you are a non-voting agenda setter and know the preferences of voters to be the same as in Example (reprinted below). You would like to get candidate \a" to win. Devise a voting mechanism that ensures your victory.

.............Alicia ....Bilal ......Constantin .....Deirdre ....Eduardo...... Felix ......Gunther

1st ........x ............a ..................b ..........................x ................a ...................b ..............x

2nd.......c.............x.................. a......................... c..................x.................... a ..............c

3rd ........b ...........c.................. x......................... b..................c .....................x ..............b

4th ........a ...........b ..................c .........................a .................b .....................c ...............a