THIS IS GOVERNMENT WORK!! I need help because I don’t understand any of this In an election for US Congress there are three candidates running for office, Miss. Woods a democrat, Mr. Roberts a Republican, and Miss. Smith a libertarian. Assume 100,000 people turn out to vote.

1. What is the minimum number of votes needed for Mr. Roberts the Republican to win?

2. What is a problem that might take place with the election scenario in #1?

3. How could the problem in question #1 be solved?

4. What type of elections are these?

In a primary election for the Republican nomination in the state of Virginia , there are the candidates, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Peterson. Assume Virginia has 13 votes to the national convention. Mr. Roberts wins the state of Virginia with 51% of the popular vote, Mr. Taylor wins 48%, and Mr. Peterson gets 1%.

5. How many votes to the national convention from Virginia will Mr. Thacker get?

6. How many will Mr. Taylor get?

7. How many will Mr. Peterson get?

In a primary election for the Democratic nomination in the state of Virginia, there are three candidates, Mrs. H, Mr. C, and Mrs. S. Assume Virginia has 20 votes to the national convention. Mr. C wins the election with 75% of the popular vote, Mrs. H has 15% of the popular vote, and Ms. S gets 10%.

8. How many votes to the national Democratic convention will Mr. C get?

9. How many votes to the Democratic convention will Mrs. H get?

10. How many votes will Mrs. S get?

11. As an underdog, which system, Democrats or Republicans would you favor? Why?

Now there is a race between Mr. T and Mr. R for the presidency. There are a total of 538 electoral votes.

12. How many does Mr. R need to win?
270? (My guess)

13. Assume that Mrs. S runs a third party candidate in the election and wins 20% of the popular vote but no electoral votes. How would this be possible?

14. How would this change the election?

15. Assume that Mrs. S runs and gets 34 electoral votes. How many electoral votes would Mr. R now need to win?

16. Assume that Mrs. S runs and gets 34 electoral votes, Mr. T gets 251 votes and Mr. T gets 253 votes. Who won the presidency?

17. What would happen next in the above election?