The US Single-Member-Plurality (SMP) Is an Electoral System in Which

The U.S. single-member-plurality (SMP) is an electoral system in which

A) candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic district.  The winner is the person who receives the most votes cast.
B) voters rank their preferences among the candidates.  The winner is the candidate who receives the majority of the votes cast.
C) a plurality of voters choose multiple officials to represent a specific geographic district.
D) candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic district.  The winner is the person who gets over fifty percent of the votes cast.
E) the distribution of seats is allocated to multiple parties on the basis of the overall percentage of votes received by each party in the election.

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