7. Election Results The 2016 election was a race in which Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton and other candidates, winning 304 electoral votes, or 57% of the 538 available. However, Trump only won 46.1% of the popular vote, while Clinton won 48.2%.

The popular vote (in thousands) for Donald Trump in each of the 50 states is listed as follows18:

a. By just looking at the table, what shape do you think the distribution for the popular vote by state will have?

b. Draw a relative frequency histogram to describe the distribution of the popular vote for President Trump in the 50 states.

c. Did the histogram in part b confirm your guess in part a? Are there any outliers? How can you explain them?

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