When Does a Candidate Win a Plurality

question 178

Multiple Choice

When does a candidate win a plurality?

• A) when he/she wins more votes than any other candidate but less than a majority of all votes cast
• B) when he/she wins the majority of all votes cast
• C) when he/she wins the electoral college
• D) when he/she wins the popular vote but not the electoral college vote
• E) when he/she wins enough votes to appear on a ballot

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Definitions:

ESP

Extra-Sensory Perception, a claimed ability to gain information through means other than the known human senses.

Parapsychology

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Clairvoyance

The supposed ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through extrasensory perception, beyond the known human senses.

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