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In an election in kimball county, candidate a obtained 36,800 votes. his opponent, candidate b, obtained 32,100 votes. 2,100 votes went to write-in candidates. what percentage of the vote went to candidate a?53.4%

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The total number of votes were 
36800 + 2100 + 32,100 =  71000 votes
Candidate a got 36,800 votes, 
Therefore, the percentage of votes will be;
=  (36,800/71000) × 100
= 51.83 %
Hence, the percentage of the vote that went to candidate a is 51.83%