Question

The club will use the plurality criterion without elimination method to determine the final winner. Parker wins the contest by receiving 56 votes. However, while finalizing the votes, a member of the club discovers that Myers did not meet the original criteria to be considered for the tickets, so Myers is eliminated from the votes. Who actually will win the tickets? Is the irrelevant alternative criterion violated in this case?

Answer 1

Answer:

No

Explanation:

The independent irrelevant alternative criterion is not violated here. The law of irrelevant alternative criterion holds that if candidate A is liked more than candidate B then a new candidate C who is liked less than candidate A should not spoil the victory of Candidate A, so that candidate B wins.

In the example in the question, candidate Parker was the preferred candidate before the elimination of candidate Myers and so will still be the winner of the election, therefore the irrelevant alternative criterion has not been violated.