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Imagine Now That These Election Results Are for a District

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Imagine now that these election results are for a district where ten candidates are elected. This country uses the Hare quota with largest remainders to allocate seats. To answer the following questions, you may want to use Table 5, below.
 Table 5: Hypothetical Election Results in a Ten-Seat District.  Party A  Party B  Party C  Party D  Party E  Party F  Total  Votes 47,00016,00015,80012,0006,1003,100100,000 Votes/quota  Automatic seats  Remainder  Remainder seats  Total seats 10\begin{array}{l}\text { Table 5: Hypothetical Election Results in a Ten-Seat District. }\\\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Party A } & \text { Party B } & \text { Party C } & \text { Party D } & \text { Party E } & \text { Party F } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Votes } & 47,000 & 16,000 & 15,800 & 12,000 & 6,100 & 3,100 & 100,000 \\\hline \text { Votes/quota } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Automatic seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Remainder seats } & & & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total seats } & & & & & & & 10 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
-How many automatic seats does Party D win?


A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

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