A theory is developed to explain all possible positional voting paradoxes coming from a single but arbitrarily chosen profile. The theory explains why each of the possible paradoxes occurs while describing how to construct illustrating profiles

In representational democracies the referenda constitute an additional way for the voters to express their opinions. At the same time they are accompanied by problems of agenda manipulation and interpretation of results. In this context various voting paradoxes and their interrelationships are...