Imagine Now That These Election Results Are for a District

question 32

Multiple Choice

Imagine now that these election results are for a district where ten candidates are elected. This country uses the Hare quota with largest remainders to allocate seats. To answer the following questions, you may want to use Table 5, below.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Table 5: Hypothetical Election Results in a Ten-Seat District. }\\\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Party A } & \text { Party B } & \text { Party C } & \text { Party D } & \text { Party E } & \text { Party F } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Votes } & 47,000 & 16,000 & 15,800 & 12,000 & 6,100 & 3,100 & 100,000 \\\hline \text { Votes/quota } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Automatic seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total seats } & & & & & & & 10 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-If the Hare quota is calculated as the Total Number of Votes in the district divided by the total number of seats available, what is the Hare quota in the hypothetical district in Table 5?

• A) 47,000
• B) 10,000
• C) 1,000
• D) 100,000

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