Question

Consider an election with with 721 voters.
If there are 5 candidates, how many X value of votes are needed for plurality?

Answer 1

Plurality occurs when one candidate receives more votes than the others

Answer 2

I do know that but i don't get the question because there is no preference schedule with it. so its kind of confusing me

Answer 3

Yeah that's what i was thinking

Answer 4

the 1st guy if he gets 145 votes, and the rest get 144 votes that= 721. Is that right?

Answer 5

consider the worst case scenario, the votes are split (almost evenly) across the candidates

Answer 6

since 721 is not divisible by 5, one candidate must receive more votes than the others

what is the minimum number of votes, that could achieve plurality?

Answer 7

Yeah, that's right, 145 is the minimum number of votes required to win the election

Answer 8

In other words (assuming all votes count),
you cannot win the election if you get less than 145 votes.

NB: just because you get 145 votes, doesn't guarantee victory