The History Club of St. Louis is voting on which city to visit for its spring trip. The choices are New York City (N), Washington, D.C. (W), Philadelphia (P), and Boston (B). The preference table for the 23 members’ choices is given on the top of right column.

(a) Which city, if any, holds a majority of first-place votes?

(b) Which city is selected using the plurality method?

(c) Which city is selected using the Borda count method?

(d) Which city is selected using the plurality with elimination method?

(e) Which city is selected using the pairwise comparison method? 

(f)  For this preference table, which voting method(s), if any, violate the majority criterion?

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A The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, PA Number of Votes First 3 12 8 Second Third Fourth B N 3.