To answer each statement regarding the 1992 election popular votes, we will analyze the data step-by-step.
### Data provided:
- Clinton (Democrat): 39,104,545 votes
- Bush (Republican): 43,909,889 votes
- Perot (Independent): 19,742,267 votes
### Total votes:
First, we need to calculate the total number of votes:
[tex]\[ \text{Total Votes} = 39,104,545 + 43,909,889 + 19,742,267 \][/tex]
### Statement Analysis:
A. Bill Clinton received more than half of all the popular votes.
To verify this, we need to check if Clinton's votes are greater than half of the total votes:
[tex]\[ \text{Half of Total Votes} = \frac{\text{Total Votes}}{2} \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{Check if } 39,104,545 > \frac{\text{Total Votes}}{2} \][/tex]
Result: False
B. Bill Clinton received more than twice the popular votes for George Bush.
To verify this, we need to check if Clinton's votes are more than twice Bush's votes:
[tex]\[ 2 \times \text{Bush's Votes} = 2 \times 43,909,889 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{Check if } 39,104,545 > 2 \times 43,909,889 \][/tex]
Result: False
C. George Bush would have won the popular vote if he had also received all of Ross Perot's votes.
To verify this, we sum Bush's votes with Perot's votes and compare the result with Clinton's votes:
[tex]\[ \text{Bush's Votes + Perot's Votes} = 43,909,889 + 19,742,267 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{Check if } 43,909,889 + 19,742,267 > 39,104,545 \][/tex]
Result: True
D. Ross Perot would have won the popular vote if he had also received half of George Bush's votes.
To verify this, we add half of Bush's votes to Perot's votes and compare the result with Clinton's votes:
[tex]\[ 0.5 \times \text{Bush's Votes} = 0.5 \times 43,909,889 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{Perot's Votes + Half of Bush's Votes} = 19,742,267 + 0.5 \times 43,909,889 \][/tex]
[tex]\[ \text{Check if } 19,742,267 + 0.5 \times 43,909,889 > 39,104,545 \][/tex]
Result: False
### Conclusion:
- A: False, Clinton did not receive more than half of all the popular votes.
- B: False, Clinton did not receive more than twice the popular votes of Bush.
- C: True, Bush would have won the popular vote if he had also received all of Perot's votes.
- D: False, Perot would not have won the popular vote if he had also received half of Bush's votes.
Thus, the statement supported by the data is:
[tex]\[ \boxed{\text{C}} \][/tex]
