Which types of people have single peaked preferences

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Carrboro has three equal-size groups of people:

(1) Type A people consistently prefer more police protection to less;

(2) Type B people prefer high levels of police protection to low levels, and they prefer low levels to medium levels;

(3) Type C people most prefer medium levels to low levels, which they in turn prefer by a modest amount to high levels.

a. Which types of people have single-peaked preferences? Which have multi-peaked preferences? .

b. Will majority voting generate consistent outcomes in this case? Why or why not?

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