Question

Read this passage: In 2028, the Republican Party controls the U.S. Senate and the Democratic Party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. Each party hopes its candidate can win the presidential election, giving the party more of a say in the country's policies. It's a close race - in the end, 51 percent of Americans vote for Republican candidate Ted Torres. Former U.S. senator Rosa Marcus, the Democratic candidate, receives 5 more electoral votes than Torres just enough for her to reach a total of 270 electoral votes. Based on the rules of the Electoral College, who will win the election and why? O A. Torres will win because close races are decided by the U.S. House of Representatives. B. Torres will win because he won the popular vote. O C. Marcus will win because close races are decided by the U.S. Senate. D. Marcus will win because she has the required number of electoral​

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Answer: B. All states splitting their electoral votes between the candidates based on what percentage of the popular vote they won

Explanation:

The reason why in the United States a candidate can become president while losing the popular vote is that most states (all of them except Nebraska and Main) allocate their electoral votes based on a winner-takes-all basis: that is, the candidate who obtains a plurality of votes gets all the electors.

If states instead awarded their electors on a proportional basis, it would be mathematically impossible for a candidate to lose the popular vote and still become president.

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