Imagine you live in a small country with five states. It has…
Imagine you live in a small country with five states. It has a system for electing its president that is exactly the same as the system followed by the United States. The table below displays the percent of the popular vote each candidate received in the most recent election. Who won the election based on these results? Assume the states allocate their electoral votes the way most states in the US do. State Electoral Votes Candidate A Candidate B Candidate C Washington 3 25% 75% 0% Utah 3 30% 45% 25% Colorado 8 30% 30% 40% Michigan 9 30% 30% 40% Florida 10 30% 40% 30% Totals 33 29% of the national popular vote 37% of the national popular vote 34% of the national popular vote