10. Plurality voting is illustrated by the 1980 U.S. Senate race in New York among Alfonse D’Amato (, a conservative), Elizabeth Holtzman (, a liberal), and Jacob Javits ( , also a liberal). Reasonable estimates (based largely on exit polls) suggest that voters ranked the candidates according to the following table:
| 22% | 23% | 15% | 29% | 7% | 4% |
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