Questions: One controversy that sometimes arises in presidential elections is when candidate B wins the popular vote, but candidate A becomes president because of the way the Electoral College works. The first line of the following preference table lists the votes cast for candidate A, B, C, D, and E. The other lines indicate preferences. Assume that the election was held using the plurality-with-elimination method. Answer questions (a) through (e). A B C D E ------------------ 62,985,136 65,853,643 4,489,286 1,457,259 732,208 1 A B C D E 2 B A D A A 3 D C B E B 4 E E A B C 5 C D E C D (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.) (b) Who is the first candidate to be eliminated? - Candidate C - Candidate E - Candidate D - Candidate A - Candidate B

Transcript text: One controversy that sometimes arises in presidential elections is when candidate B wins the popular vote, but candidate A becomes president because of the way the Electoral College works. The first line of the following preference table lists the votes cast for candidate A, B, C, D, and E. The other lines indicate preferences. Assume that the election was held using the plurality-with-elimination method. Answer questions (a) through (e). \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \begin{tabular}{l} \begin{tabular}{c} $(A)$ \\ $62,985,136$ \end{tabular} \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} \begin{tabular}{c} (B) \\ $65,853,643$ \end{tabular} \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} \begin{tabular}{c} (C) \\ $4,489,286$ \end{tabular} \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} (D) \\ 1,457,259 \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} \begin{tabular}{c} (E) \\ 732,208 \end{tabular} \end{tabular} \\ \hline 1 & A & B & C & D & E \\ \hline 2 & B & A & D & A & A \\ \hline 3 & D & C & B & E & B \\ \hline 4 & E & E & A & B & C \\ \hline 5 & C & D & E & C & D \\ \hline \end{tabular} (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.) (b) Who is the first candidate to be eliminated? Candidate C Candidate E Candidate D Candidate A Candidate B