Question 9.58

28. Show that the nonmonotonicity of the Hare system can also be demonstrated by the following 17-voter, 4-alternative election. (In a number of recent books, this example is used to show the nonmonotonicity of the Hare system. The 13-voter, 3-alternative example given in the text was pointed out to us by Matt Gendron when he was an undergraduate at Union College.)

Rank Number of Voters (17)
7 5 4 1
First
Second
Third
Fourth