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Candidate A receives 1 million votes in Washington State. Candidate B receives 3 million votes in Washington State. How many electoral votes does each candidate receive in Washington State?

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Answer:

Candidate with 3 million popular vote will receive 9 electoral votes

Candidate with 1 million popular vote will receive 3 electoral votes

Step-by-step explanation:

In washington state, there are a total of 12 electoral votes

Looking at the ratio of the two popular votes, we can see a ratio of 1 to 3

So we can have the electoral votes slashed in this proportion

Mathematically, that would be a ratio of 3 to 9

The 3 million votes will give 9 electoral while the 1 million will give 3 electoral votes

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