Election Math: Majorities, Turnout and Margins

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    Question 1

    The House has 435 seats. What is the smallest number of seats that counts as a majority?

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    Question 2

    The Senate has 100 members and a vote ends 50 to 50. Who breaks the tie?

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    Question 3

    A county has 120,000 registered voters and 78,000 of them voted. What was the turnout?

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    Question 4

    The chart shows the votes in one House district. What percentage of the votes did Ortiz receive?

    A bar chart titled District 7 results with three bars labeled with their values: Ortiz 48,000 votes, Bell 36,000 votes, Nakamura 16,000 votes.
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    Question 5

    In a governor's race one candidate received 52,300 votes and the other 49,700. What was the margin of victory in votes?

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    Question 6

    The table shows registered voters and voters who turned out, by age group. What was the turnout for ages 45 to 64?

    A table with age group, registered and voted: 18 to 29 has 10,000 registered and 3,800 voted; 30 to 44 has 20,000 and 11,000; 45 to 64 has 25,000 and 16,250; 65 and over has 15,000 and 10,500.
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    Question 7

    A state with about 39 million people has 52 representatives. About how many people does each representative serve?

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    Question 8

    In a midterm year, 33 of the 100 Senate seats are up for election. About what fraction of the Senate is that?

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    Question 9

    Turnout in a town rose from 40% in one midterm to 50% in the next. By how many percentage points did it rise?

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    Question 10

    With 80% of the votes counted, candidate X leads candidate Y by 4,000 votes. The remaining 30,000 votes split 60% for Y and 40% for X. Who wins, and by how much?