The principle that under some circumstances majority voting fails to make consistent choices reﬂecting the community's underlying preference is best demonstrated by the
A) paradox of voting.
B) concept of logrolling.
C) median-voter model.
D) Coase theorem.

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The paradox of voting, also known as the Condorcet paradox, demonstrates that in a three-candidate election where each voter has their own preference ordering of the candidates, there may not be a clear majority winner that reflects the overall preferences of the community. This occurs when there is no candidate that defeats all other candidates in a head-to-head match-up. Therefore, majority voting fails to make consistent choices reflecting the community's underlying preference.

The Principle That Under Some Circumstances Majority Voting Fails to Make