A situation in which society may not be able to rank its preferences consistently through paired-choice majority voting is
A) the fallacy of limited decisions.
B) the paradox of voting.
C) the median-voter model.
D) political logrolling.

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The paradox of voting happens when the society's preferences cannot be consistently ranked through paired-choice majority voting, which means that even if everyone expresses their preferences through voting, there is no single preference that will be selected as the most preferred. This occurs when there are more than two choices and no option has a clear majority. As a result, some individual preferences are not being represented, leading to inconsistencies in the rankings of preferences.

A Situation in Which Society May Not Be Able to Rank