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Please help me with this question It's a discussion question so explain each answer
Suppose that a country has three states with the following populations: State A 60,000 State State B 60,000 Population 20,000 1. Suppose that this country wants to have a total of 10 electoral college votes for the entire country, meaning one vote for every 14,000 people. What would be the fairest way to do that? How many electoral votes should each state get to be fair, and make the total equal to 10 electoral votes? 2. Suppose that this country wants to have a total of 11 electoral college votes for the entire country, meaning one vote for every 12,727 people. What would be the fairest way to do that? How many electoral votes should each state get to be fair, and make the total equal 11 electoral votes? 3. Which would the people in State C prefer-for there to be a total of 10 total electoral votes in the country, or a total of 11 total electoral votes in the country?

Explanation / Answer

a)

As electoral votes need to be divided fairly among the population, the EVs should be divided among the states in proportion to their population.

The remaining 1 vote should be given to the state with the LARGEST population(s) un-represented after having allotted these 9 votes.

State C has this LARGEST POPULATION => A: 4 votes, B: 4 votes and C: 2 votes [Answer]

b)

The remaining 2 votes should be given to the state with the LARGEST population(s) un-represented after having allotted these 9 votes.

State A and B have this "LARGEST POPULATION" => A: 5 votes, B: 5 votes and C: 1 vote [Answer]

c) The State C population should want the number of electoral votes = 10 votes and NOT 11 votes (so that they are better represented) as can be seen in Parts a. and b.

State Population EVs A 60000 (6/14)*10 = 4.3 ~ 4 votes B 60000 (6/14)*10 = 4.3 ~ 4 votes C 20000 (2/14)*10 = 1.43 ~ 1 vote

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