Electoral college votes. A recent example of this is the 2016 US election, where Clinton won the popular vote, while Trump won the electoral college votes by a landslide. Since electoral college votes are what really count, Trump won.
Id go with A. it seems right
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The rising action is after the conflict and then its the climax :)
Hope that Helped :) not too sure if it was a question lol :)