Assume that in the Democratic primary, Candidate A won 48 percent of the vote while Candidate B won 45 percent and Candidate C won 7 percent. What happens next?
a. Candidate A and B, the top two vote-getters, will face each other in a runoff
b. Candidate A, the top vote-getter, officially wins the Democratic nomination due to winning more votes than the other candidates.
c. Multiple, repeated elections will be conducted until a candidate receives a majority of the primary vote.
d. Because none of the candidates received a majority of the vote, a new primary with different candidates will take place in the near future.
e. None of these will happen.
a
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