<PRE><B>Question 1198360</B>
The appropriate distribution to analyze the difference in proportions in this scenario is:

**C) Chi-square distribution**

**Explanation:**

* **Chi-square test:** This statistical test is used to compare observed frequencies with expected frequencies in categorical data. 

* **In this case:**
    * We have three categories: city, rural, and overseas.
    * We are comparing the observed frequencies (35, 27, 38) to the expected frequencies based on the previous study (25%, 45%, 30% of the 100 individuals).

The chi-square test will determine if there is a statistically significant difference in the voting proportions between the previous study and the more recent study.
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