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Under the rules of the Electoral College, a presidential candidate wins a narrow plurality of the popular vote in a state that uses a winner-take-all allocation system. Which of the following describes the distribution of that state's electoral votes?

  1. The candidate who won the plurality receives all of the state's electoral votes.Answer
  2. B
    The electoral votes are divided proportionally based on the percentage of the popular vote each candidate received.
  3. C
    The electors are appointed directly by elite party leaders at the state convention, bypassing the popular vote outcome.
  4. D
    The electoral votes are split equally among all candidates on the ballot to ensure equal representation.

Answer

The candidate who won the plurality receives all of the state's electoral votes.
The correct answer is correct because the winner-take-all system awards all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the most popular votes in that state, even if the victory is by a narrow margin.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the election mechanism described in the scenario.
The mechanism is the winner-take-all system used in the Electoral College.
Most states use the winner-take-all system to allocate their electoral votes.
2
Determine how the winner-take-all system allocates electoral votes based on popular vote outcome.
It awards all electoral votes of the state to the candidate who receives a plurality (the most votes) of the popular vote in that state.
This is the defining characteristic of the winner-take-all model.

Key Concept

The winner-take-all system of the Electoral College
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