Assume That in the Democratic Primary,Candidate a Won 48 Percent

question 31

Multiple Choice

Assume that in the Democratic primary,Candidate A won 48 percent of the vote while Candidate B won 45 percent and Candidate C won 7 percent.What happens next?

• A)​Candidate A and B, the top two vote-getters, will face each other in a runoff.
• B)Candidate A, the top vote-getter, officially wins the Democratic nomination due to winning more votes than the other candidates.
• C)​Multiple, repeated elections will be conducted until a candidate receives a majority of the primary vote.
• D)Because none of the candidates received a majority of the vote, a new primary with different candidates will take place in the near future.
• E)​None of these will happen.

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