You could say that "B is obviously preferred by *majorities* of people over every other option, but even so the "majorities" are merely incidental. B would be the CW without them:
40: A 10: C>B 20: C 35: B>A
Here B is preferred by *pluralities* of people over every other option, but is still the CW.
Now, the fact that I can point to a method that will select B is a reason why I would prefer that method to a method that would select something other then B.
So do you still think the CW should win in the immediately preceding example?
There is no good reason I can come up with which would indicate that B should not win as > 50% (i.e. a majority) of people in your example prefers B over both C and A.
If so, your belief must be based on something other than majority, since the only majority above is the 75:30 majority which prefer A to C.
This is utterly meaningless as RP does not meet IIA. By ignoring B, you have essentially provided a completely different example from the one you gave above.
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