Please remember.....Delegates do NOT have to cast their vote for the candidate with the most popular vote.
Political pundits throughout the land will reach orgasm and have their heads explode - simultaneously...
Then we go extra innings.
The election, once certified a tie, would go to the House of Representatives to decide the issue. And believe me, the House does not want that to happen.
Ryan becomes Pres.
Pistols at 20 paces.
Some of the analysis in the article is extremely far-fetched.
In particular, the idea that the House of Representatives could deadlock at 25-25 when attempting to choose between Trump and Clinton for President. Under the 12th Amendment, if the Electoral College is tied, Congress must “choose immediately, by ballot, the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation of each state having one vote.”
In other words, the vote of the West Virginia delegation is worth the same as the California delegation. Right now, Democrats have a majority in only 17 Congressional delegations, while Republicans have a majority in 33.
If there is a tie and Congress chooses a President, then Trump will win.
269-269 means the CURRENT house elects the president.
It’s easy to predict. If there is a 269-269 one of the Republican electors will be bribed or blackmailed into voting for Hillary.
It’s easy to predict. If there is a 269-269 one of the Republican electors will be bribed or blackmailed into voting for Hillary.
Why is that a nightmare? (or worse, a “constitutional crisis”).
It’s all laid out in the Constitution. I’m sure the Founders thought the House would elect more Presidents than they have.
Steel cage match between the top two vote getters.
One walks out. The other is dragged out.
I should have finished my novel from 15 years ago — computer crash. Hillary character has GOP elector run off the road on the way to cast electoral vote. Alternate has been bribed.
Not to worry the Constitution provides for coin flip
Tied at 269, each state delegation in the House gets one vote.
Given that the GOP controls more state delegations than the RATs, a 269 outcome should work out very well for us.
I get what some of you are saying about not trusting our Representatives, and I get it to a point, but they are not going to elect Hillary. There is probably a better chance they would try to elect Johnson, but that isn’t going to happen either.
Maybe we could have a civil war to sort it out.
So, let’s say, after every million casualties, we have another election to see if we broke the tie.
bkmk
The GOP House would elect Clinton as president, Pence as Vice President, and try very desperately to convince us that this was the right move.
Several months ago as I played with the RCP make your own electoral map, without looking at the numbers and just arranging my states, I came up 2-3 times with this scenario.
I never do any more. Now I only get Trump winning, even by a small amount. Maybe it’s all in my head. I know anything can happen. Americans are so misinformed that Hillary could win this. But I am gaining some confidence lately that Trump can pull this off, even with the voter fraud that there will be. Please Gd.