A focus group of 33 people for \(A B C T V\) were asked to rank the government spending priorities of education \((\mathrm{E})\), military spending \((\mathrm{M})\), health care \((\mathrm{H})\), immigration \((\mathrm{I})\), and lowering taxes \((\mathrm{T})\). Here are the preferences:

Suppose that the losing issues of health care and lowering taxes are removed from the table. Now, who is the winner using the Borda count method? Does this violate the irrelevant alternatives criterion?

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(EIHTM) (MIEHT) 15 6 (HMETI) 6 (TMEIH) 6