Question

Morris Fiorina hypothesized that these people act as minimax-regret strategists. A result named after these people requires that their preferences be single-peaked and either unidimensional or rotationally symmetric. One theorist analogized these people to the consumers in the linear city model and names a paradox (10[1])that points out the surprisingly high number of these people. When the preferences of these people are aggregated, the results may be intransitive in a result discovered (10[1])by the Marquis de Condorcet (“con-dor-SAY”). Anthony (10[1])Downs (10[1])popularized a theorem named for the “median” type of these people. (10[2])These people may rank preferences ordinally in a method that simulates an “instant runoff.” For (10[1])10 points, name these subjects of public choice theory who cast ballots in elections. ■END■

ANSWER: voters [accept median voter theorem]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan A4410
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BMichigan State A7110
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Ohio State B (DII)7710
Reed Sexton (UG)Michigan C (UG)Ohio State C (DII)7810
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Pitt B (UG)8910
Owen Edelson (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)8910
Will Jones (DII)Michigan State C (UG)CWRU D (DII)10410

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