Now Imagine That the Votes for Each Party Shown in Table

Now imagine that the votes for each party shown in Table 2 are the same, but that they are for a district where 10 candidates are elected using a highest average system to allocate seats. This means that the votes parties receive are divided by a series of numbers to give quotients. This country uses the d'Hondt method (the divisors are 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . ) . Seats are allocated to the party with the largest quotient, then the second largest, then the third largest . . . until all of the seats have been allocated. In Table 3, the quotients have already been calculated for you and are shown in italics. Use Table 3 to answer Questions .

-If the election results shown in Table 3, above, were for a district with a magnitude of 1 and the alternative vote rule was used, what would the outcome be?

A) candidates from parties A and B would each win 5 seats.
B) candidates from party A would win 10 seats.
C) a candidate from party A would win 1 seat and the other parties would get 0 seats.
D) you can't answer this question unless you know what the second, third, fourth, and so on, preference ranking is on each ballot that was cast.