If each voter voted for only one candidate what is the fewest number of voters who would have to vote differently in order for Susan to have received more votes than James if Susan had 212 votes and James had 244 votes?

the difference is 32 votes

Had 16 people voted differently, they'd both have had 228 votes.

So, if at least 17 had voted differently, Susan would have won.

To find the fewest number of voters who would have to vote differently for Susan to have received more votes than James, we need to compare the difference in their votes.

First, let's calculate the difference in votes between Susan and James:

Difference = James' votes - Susan's votes
Difference = 244 - 212
Difference = 32

This means that James is currently ahead of Susan by a margin of 32 votes.

Since each voter can only vote for one candidate, we want to minimize the number of voters who need to change their vote from James to Susan.

To do this, we want to minimize the difference by decreasing the number of votes James has and increasing the number of votes Susan has. In this case, we can reduce the difference by having some voters change their vote from James to Susan.

The fewest number of voters who need to change their vote for Susan to have more votes than James is equal to the difference between their votes, which is 32.

Therefore, 32 voters would need to change their vote from James to Susan for Susan to have more votes than James.