 When the votes are tallied for each proposition separately, the outcome is N for each proposition (N wins 7–6 for all three propositions). Putting this information together, this means that NNN is the outcome of this election. However, there is no support for this outcome in this population of voters.  This raises an important  question about what outcome reflects the group opinion: Viewing each proposition  separately, there is clear support for N on each proposition; however,  there is no support for the entire package of N for all propositions.  Brams et al. (1998,  pg. 234) nicely summarise the issue as follows: 