To illustrate, consider 3 public goods: universal healthcare, job training, and national defense. In the diagram, the table lists the preferences for these 3 public goods of 3 voters: George, Peter, and Wilma. One indicates the highest preference; 3, the lowest. If the pairwise voting first compares universal health care and job training, then universal healthcare wins, but loses when compared to national defense. However, if job training and national defense are compared first, then job training wins, but loses against universal healthcare. Hence, depending on how the voting choices are presented, national defense wins in the first case, but universal healthcare wins in the 2nd case, even with the voter preferences exactly the same in both cases.