 The choice, then, boils down to \(B\) and \(C\). It turns out that  there are good arguments for each of \(B\) and \(C\) to be elected. The debate about which of \(B\) or \(C\) should be elected started in the 18th-century as an argument between the two founding fathers of voting theory, Jean-Charles de Borda (1733–1799) and M.J.A.N. de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794). For a history of voting theory as an academic discipline, including Condorcet’s and Borda’s writings, see McLean and Urken (1995). I sketch the intuitive arguments for the election of \(B\) and \(C\) below.