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

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.

n an election, only two candidates A and B contested, 25% of voters did not vote and 2000 votes were declared as invalid. The winner, A got 7600 votes more than his opponent thus he secured 52% of total valid votes. The total number of valid votes are

A type of primary where people may vote in a party’s primary only if they are registered members of that party prior to election day and Independents cannot participate is called ____?Group of answer choicesclosed primaryopen primarybifurcated primaryblanket primary

Unlike general elections, primary elections:a.)often see candidates expressing more extreme views.b.)determine the officeholder among the party nominees and independent candidates.c.)are only held when a current officeholder dies or can no longer fulfill the duties of the office.d.)take place after the state or national party conventions.

In an election only two candidates participate and candidate ‘P’ got 50% less votes than ‘Q’. If Q got 200 votes less, then there would have been a tie. Find the total number of total votes polled?