A state has 11 electoral votes. In a presidential election, the Democratic candidate receives 48% of the popular vote, the Republican candidate receives 40% of the popular vote and an independent candidate receives 12% of the vote. If the state has rules similar to most of the states, how will those electoral votes be counted

A state has 11 electoral votes. In a presidential election, the Democratic candidate receives 48 percent of that state's popular vote, the Republican receives 40 percent of the vote, and an independent candidate receives 12 percent of the vote.

If the state is similar to most states, how will the electoral votes most likely be allocated

The Democratic candidate will receive all 11 electoral votes

Explanation:

Often referred as "Winner takes all or the General ticket system" The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states mostly 48 states (exception oof Maine and Nebraska who uses alternative method )and the District of Columbia to allocate all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote.

The main purpose of this practice is to ensure that the candidate who receives the most votes across the country or nation wins the presidential election, and it would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome.

Hence, in this case, if the state is applying the same rule as the 48 states and District of Columbia, the state will allocate all the 11 (popular) electoral votes to the Democrats candidate.

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