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{{anchor|Tennessee}} {{align|left| {{navbar|Tenn voting example|mini=y}}}} [[Image:Tennessee map for voting example.svg|500px|alt=Tennessee and its four major cities: Memphis in the far west; Nashville in the center; Chattanooga in the east; and Knoxville in the far northeast]] Suppose that [[Tennessee]] is holding an election on the location of its [[capital city|capital]]. The population is concentrated around four major cities. [[Spatial voting|All voters want the capital to be as close to them as possible.]] The options are: * [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], the largest city, but far from the others (42% of voters) * [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], near the center of the state (26% of voters) * [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], somewhat east (15% of voters) * [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], far to the northeast (17% of voters) The preferences of each region's voters are: {| class="wikitable" ! width=25% style="background-color: #ffdddd" | 42% of voters<br /><small>Far-West</small> ! width=25% style="background-color: #ccffcc" | 26% of voters<br/><small>Center</small> ! width=25% style="background-color: #ddddff" | 15% of voters<br/><small>Center-East</small> ! width=25% style="background-color: #ffeedd" | 17% of voters<br/><small>Far-East</small> |- | <ol style="margin-left: 1.5em;"> <li> '''Memphis''' <li> Nashville <li> Chattanooga <li> Knoxville </ol> | <ol style="margin-left: 1.5em;"> <li> '''Nashville''' <li> Chattanooga <li> Knoxville <li> Memphis </ol> | <ol style="margin-left: 1.5em;"> <li> '''Chattanooga''' <li> Knoxville <li> Nashville <li> Memphis </ol> | <ol style="margin-left: 1.5em;"> <li> '''Knoxville''' <li> Chattanooga <li> Nashville <li> Memphis </ol> |} <noinclude> [[Category:United States politics and government templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]<!--likely to need focusing--> </noinclude>
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