3.1 Preference schedule (profile)

The outcome of election can be represented as a detailed preference schedule (or profile):

	First ballot	Second ballot	Third…	…	…	…	…
Ballot	\(A \succ B \succ C\)	ABC	…	\(B \succ A \succ C\)	BAC	…

\(A \succ B \succ C\) can be abbreviated just as \(ABC\); \(A \succ B\) stands for A is preferred over B. Also, \(A \sim B\) stands for A is indifferent to B.

Detailed preference profile is composed of personal (individual) voter preference rankings.

You can put all the ballot information in a table such as below, called the reduced preference schedule (profile) for the election.

Preference schedule (profile):

All possible rankings for 3 alternatives	ABC	ACB	BAC	BCA	CAB	CBA
No. of Votes	5	0	2	1	0	4