The answer in the first sentence above is hypothesis because it is defined as having to state a prediction or conjecture in regards about an experiment whereas the second sentence' answer is experimental question because researchers tend to state what they plan to do in regards of their investigation and they do not apply any predictions in the experiment.
They were all "Founding Fathers"., if that answers your question because it was kind of unclear.
Answer: It produces inefficient economic results under certain conditions
Explanation: The above situation is known as the paradox of voting,which tries to show that the cost of voting will always be higher than the result obtained from the voting process.This is because Majority voting undermines the importance of an individual voter. This issue was first highlighted in 1793 by Nicolas de Condorcet,where noted that in a single stage election the influence of a single voter reduces as the number of voters increase.
The paradox of voting further highlights that the expected results/outcome of a voter from an electioneering process is less than what the initial expectations.