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?
- The candidate who won the plurality receives all of the state's electoral votes.Cevap
- BThe electoral votes are divided proportionally based on the percentage of the popular vote each candidate received.
- CThe electors are appointed directly by elite party leaders at the state convention, bypassing the popular vote outcome.
- DThe electoral votes are split equally among all candidates on the ballot to ensure equal representation.
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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.
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The winner-take-all system of the Electoral College