In 2000, Al Gore won 48.4 percent of the national popular vote, George W. Bush won 47.9 percent of the vote, and Ralph Nader won 2.74 percent of the vote. Hypothetically, what would have happened if the United States selected its president using the national popular vote with a run-off system?
a. Al Gore would have become president
b. Al Gore and Ralph Nader would have formed a governing coalition to control the presidency.
c. The election results would have been thrown out because no candidate received a majority and new elections would have been held until one of the three candidates received a majority.
d. There would have been an additional election between Gore and Bush to determine who would be president.
d
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a. the right to ask for compensation. b. the right to ask for a policy change. c. the right to express opposition to a policy. d. the right to a speedy trial. e. the right to lobby.
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a. usurping. b. turnback. c. preemption. d. coercion.
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A) they do not have adequate training in mathematics. B) the characteristics of the variables may not match the characteristics of the real number system. C) computers are not yet sophisticated enough to do the necessary calculations. D) they often don't think it is necessary to assign numbers to the data since the data speak for themselves.