One way to determine social outcomes is to have people vote. The table below shows the rankings of three individuals over three possible public goods (the option ranked 1 is most preferred).

	Tony	Maria	Jack
Skate Park	1	2	3
Opera House	3	1	2
Public Park	2	3	1

1. If the options are voted on in a pairwise fashion (Borda count), and you control the order of the voting, how would you ensure that the Skate Park wins?
2. Instead suppose that we use rank-order voting. Explain why it matters whether we vote on the Skate Park versus the Opera House, versus voting on all three options together.

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