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To: Viennacon

Playing with interactive, I see 269-269 as quite plausible. If this is the case, Trump will be president. And Hillary would be vice-president (you heard it here first).


9 posted on 11/07/2016 5:12:14 PM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

who would that be possible


30 posted on 11/07/2016 5:19:45 PM PST by cherry
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To: fhayek

Trump as president and Hillary as vice president...sounds like a pitch for a bad sitcom.


36 posted on 11/07/2016 5:21:15 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: fhayek

Not true. There is a contingent election for VP as prescribed by the 12th Amendment. The scenario which you described pertained to the election of 1800, Jefferson/Burr. The election of 1824 was settled under the 12th Amendment with separate electors for President and VP.


64 posted on 11/07/2016 5:38:09 PM PST by usafa92 (Trump 2016 - Destroying the GOPe while Making America Great Again!!)
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To: fhayek

If it is 269-269, there will be enormous pressure on electors to “nominate” a third candidate: Biden, in the case of Democrat electors, Romney or Jeb Bush or Ryan in the case of Republicans.

Remember, the elector-candidates are chosen for their sheep-like characteristics and their loyalty to the State party machine. Very few, if any, Republican elector-candidates are Trump loyalists.

And, if this happens, it will get very complicated, and fast. The House must choose from the top three electoral vote getters. Trump and Hillary will be #1 and #2. But the defectors can keep their votes secret until January 6.

Suppose Wednesday morning the graphic on Fox is 269-269. There will be some talk about switching, or defecting. When the votes are opened by President of the Senate Biden on January 6, suppose he only finds 259 for Trump and ten for Romney. Then, he finds 257 for Hillary. There are twelve votes missing. If they all go to Biden, it will be a Trump-Clinton-Biden race. If the votes are Biden 9, Sanders 2, Stein 1, then it will be Trump-Clinton-Romney.

The permutations are endless.


71 posted on 11/07/2016 5:50:11 PM PST by Jim Noble (The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles)
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