Read this passage:Candidate A receives 48 percent of the popular vote in a state during a presidential election, while Candidate B receives 41 percent and Candidate C receives 11 percent.For most states, what outcome would the election have?A.Each of the candidates would receive some of the electoral votes.B.Candidate A and Candidate B would split the state's electoral votes.C.The state would have to cast new ballots until one candidate wins a majority.D.Candidate A would receive all of the state's electoral votes.

Text 1The Electoral College ensures that all parts of the country are involved in selecting the President of the United States. If the election depended solely on the popular vote, then candidates could limit campaigning to heavily-populated areas or specific regions. Without the electoral college, groups such as Iowa farmers and Ohio factory workers would be ignored in favor of pandering to metropolitan areas with higher population densities, leaving rural areas and small towns marginalized.Text 2The two main political parties can count on winning the electoral votes in certain states, such as California for the Democratic Party and Indiana for the Republican Party, without worrying about the actual popular vote totals. Because of the Electoral College, residential candidates only need to pay attention to a limited number of states that can swing one way or the other. Gautam Mukunda, political scientist at Harvard University , explained that states are given electors based on its representation in the House and Senate, so small states get extra votes. Mukunda stated, “The fact that in presidential elections people in Wyoming have [nearly four] times the power of people in California is antithetical at the most basic level to what we say we stand for as a democracy.”5Mark for ReviewMCQABCBased on the Texts, how would Gautam Mukunda (text 2) respond to the underlined claim made in text 1?ABy disagreeing with the assumption made by authors in text 1 that the electoral college in fact is vital to smooth functioning of the US political system. BBy challenging the notion that electoral colleges are necessary to ensure free and fair elections and representation of all peoples in the country.CBy pointing out that the current system of election is antithetical to USA’s democratic origins and its spirit.DBy arguing that the current system of election has at least one undemocratic feature that allows some states to have more influence on electoral results than others.

The student government is holding elections for president. There are 4 candidates (labeled A, B, C, and D for convenience). The preference for the election is as follows:Candidates Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking RankingA 4 3 2 1 1 3B 3 1 3 3 4 2C 1 2 4 2 3 4D 2 4 1 4 2 1# of votes 120 50 40 90 60 100Questions:How many voters voted in this election?How many voters are needed for a majority? For a plurality?

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was :Group of answer choices

Read this passage:With numbers in from the 2012 presidential election, state officials were able to confirm that only 48 percent of eligible voters in the state participated. While voting among senior citizens remained high, fewer voters under 30 participated than ever — and several minority groups had participation rates under 25 percent.Which category of potential election problems does the passage describe?A.Voter turnoutB.Voting technologyC.Electoral fraudD.Voter fraudSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

A _________ is held when no candidate gets 50 percent plus one vote in the primary election.