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Carborro has 3 equal sized groups of people: Type A consistently prefers more police protection to less; Type B prefers high levels of police protection to low levels and they prefer low levels to medium levels. Type C mostly prefer medium levels to low levels, which they in turn prefer by a modest amount to high levels. A) Which type of people have single- peaked preferences? Which type have multi-peaked preferences? B) Will majority voting generate consistent outcomes in this case? Why or why not?

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