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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 that points out the surprisingly high number of these people. When the preferences of these people are aggregated, the results may be (10[1])intransitive in a result discovered by the Marquis de Condorcet (10[1])(“con-dor-SAY”). Anthony Downs popularized a (10[1])theorem named for the “median” type (10[1])of these people. (10[2])These people may rank preferences (10[1])ordinally in a method that simulates (10[1])an “instant runoff.” For 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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriNYU A6610
Abhinav Rachakonda (UG)Texas BVassar A7610
Jisoo YooTexas AIowa8010
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas D8610
Collin NadarajahWUSTL AMcGill E8910
Brynn JonesOregon StateMississippi State8910
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BCentral Oklahoma9410
Gia Harvey-Slager (UG)Texas CVassar B10010

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