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Chapter 11.2, Problem 19E
Presidential election. One of the several controversies of the 2000 presidential election was that Al Gore had more popular ‘dotes than George W. Bush, yet lost the election. A summary of the popular vote is given in the table below.
| Candidate | Popular vote |
| George W. Bush | 50,356,002 |
| Al Gore | 50,399,897 |
| Ralph Nader | 2,882,955 |
| Pat Buchanan | 448,895 |
| Harry Browne | 384,431 |
| Howard Phillips | 98,020 |
| John Hagelin | 83,714 |
| Other | 51,186 |
| Total | 105,405,100 |
Assume that the election was held using plurality with elimination method. further assume:
- All of Hagelin’s, Phillips’ and Buchanan’s voters preferred Bush as their second choice.
- All Browne’s voters preferred Nader second and Gore third.
- The other’ voter had bush and Gore split equally as their second choices.
- 70 percent of those whose first choice was Nader preferred Gore second and 30 percent preferred Bush second.
- What are the vote totals after all are eliminated except Bush, Gore and Nader?
- What are the final vote totals?
- Who wins and with what percent of the popular vote?
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