Question

	Candidate A	Candidate B	Undecided	Total
Democrat	24	56	70	150
Republican	117	70	50	237
Independent	15	18	80	113
Total	156	144	200	500

The table above illustrates the results of a political poll. Five hundred voters were asked whether they were registered as Democrat, Republican, or Independent. The voters were then asked whether they planned to vote for Candidate A, for Candidate B , or were undecided. What percent of the registered Democrats plan to vote for Candidate A? (Disregard the percent symbol when gridding your answer).

• A. $16$
• B. $12$
• C. $18$
• D. $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $16$

As per given table, $24$ Democrat voters decided to vote for candidate A.

A total of $150$ Democrat voters voted in the political poll.

So, percentage of the registered Democrats to vote for candidate $=\frac{24}{150}\times 100=16$