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, how would the election results affect Candidate B and
Candidate C?

A. Neither Candidate B nor Candidate C would receive any of the
state's electoral votes.

B. Candidate B would receive some of the state's electoral votes, but
Candidate C would not receive any.

C. Candidate B and Candidate C would receive some of the state's
electoral votes if Candidate A agreed.

D. Candidate B and Candidate C would each receive some of the
state's electoral votes in proportion to their shares of the popular
vote.

An election must have a fair and correct vote count, where each candidate must receive the electoral votes in proportion to the popular votes that each one received. That is, there can be no fraud or manipulation of results, so each candidate must receive the portion of votes assigned to him or her. Thus, we can conclude that in the case of the above question, candidate B and candidate C will each receive some of the state's electoral votes in proportion to their shares in the popular vote.