Question

Which answer choice best summarizes how the electoral college divides up votes?

a. it is proportional; in most states, the candidate that gets 47% of the popular vote receives 47% of that state's electoral college votes.
b. it is a winner-takes-all system; in most states, the candidate with the plurality of the popular vote receives all of that state's electoral college votes.
c. it is proportional; in all states, the candidate that gets 47% of the popular vote receives 47% of that state's electoral college votes.
d. it is a winner-takes-all system; in all states, the candidate with the plurality of that state's popular vote receives all of the electoral college votes?

Answer 1

b. it is a winner-takes-all system; in most states, the candidate with the plurality of the popular vote receives all of that state's electoral college votes.

In most states, the candidate that wins the popular vote also wins the state’s electoral college. However, Nebraska and Maine have distributed according to the state's congressional district