When each voter has a most-preferred outcome for the expenditure on a particular government program, majority rule will produce the outcome
A)preferred by the mean (average) voter.
B)preferred by the median voter.
C)that causes the political party in power to increase its power.
D)defined by Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.

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The median voter theory states that the outcome of a majority rule election will be the choice preferred by the median voter, which is the voter whose preference falls in the middle of the preference distribution. This outcome is not necessarily preferred by the mean voter as the mean can be affected by outliers or extreme preferences of a few voters. The outcome is also not necessarily related to the increase in power of the political party in power or defined by Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.

When Each Voter Has a Most-Preferred Outcome for the Expenditure