To determine how many votes a candidate must receive to win a Texas primary election, let's carefully analyze the given options:
1. A plurality of the popular votes: This means the candidate with the most votes wins, even if they do not have an absolute majority. In other words, the candidate does not need more than half of the votes, just more than any other candidate.
2. The most votes: Similar to a plurality, this option indicates that the candidate who gets the highest number of votes compared to others wins the election, irrespective of the percentage.
3. 50% plus 1 of the votes: This denotes an absolute majority where a candidate must receive more than half of the votes, specifically 50% of the votes plus one additional vote.
4. Two-thirds of the vote: Here, the candidate needs to secure approximately 66.67% of the votes to win.
The correct condition according to the analysis and the result from the provided question is:
To win a Texas primary election, a candidate must receive the most votes. This indicates that the candidate must secure a simple majority by obtaining a higher number of votes than any other candidate, which aligns with the initial understanding that 3 votes (or a simple majority in this context) is sufficient to win. Hence, the correct choice is:
- The most votes.
