The U.S. president is elected with a vote of the Electoral College. However, if the vote were conducted using the Hare method, what would be the outcome? Use the data in Table 17.3, and assume that the second choice of the Browne voters is Gore, and the second choice of the Buchanan voters is Bush. Assume that the second choice of \(80 \%\) of the Nader voters is Gore and for \(20 \%\) of them the second choice is Bush. Finally, assume that the other voters split the second choice \(50 \%-50 \%\) between Gore and Bush. Who is the winner of this election?

Table 17.3

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Candidate Harry Browne Pat Buchanan George W. Bush Al Gore Ralph Nader 14 others TOTAL: Party Libertarian Reform Republican Democrat Green Vote Percentage Electoral College Vote 0.37 0 0.42 0 386,024 448,750 50,456,167 50,996,277 2,864,810 238,300 105,390,328 47.88 48.39 2.72 0.23 271 267 0 0 538