Question

Study the presidential election results shown in the above diagram. Which candidate won the popular vote in this situation?

A.

Candidate A because she received 35,000 votes


B.

Candidate A because she received 13 votes from electors


C.

Candidate B because he received 42,000 votes


D.

Candidate B because he received 11 votes from electors

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

because it is the electoral votes that have more power

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. The candidate B won the popular vote in this elections, as he received 42.000 votes.

However, candidate A will eventually be the President, since she has more electoral votes, which are what define the position.

This hypothesis shows us that it can happen that the President is not the preferred candidate of the American people (it happened, for example, in the 2016 elections between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton).