Question

In an election in kimball county, candidate a obtained 36,800 votes. his opponent, candidate b, obtained 32,100 votes. 2,100 votes went to write-in candidates. what percentage of the vote went to candidate a?53.4%

Answer 1

The total number of votes were
36800 + 2100 + 32,100 = 71000 votes
Candidate a got 36,800 votes,
Therefore, the percentage of votes will be;
= (36,800/71000) × 100
= 51.83 %
Hence, the percentage of the vote that went to candidate a is 51.83%