There seems to be some confusion on how the House chooses the president in case of a tie.
It’s not a straight vote of all house members. Each state gets 1(ONE) vote, with that vote being decided by that state’s congressional delegation
That means that California gets exactly as many votes as Wyoming. So Nine Percent Nancy and all her cohorts from Cali cast votes to see who gets California’s vote, whereas Wyoming’s one congressman will decided who gets Wyoming’s vote
If this does come to pass, I like our chances given the current redstate makeup.
Wow, that sounds better.
(Of course I didn’t believe at first, but looks like you are right)
What happens if no presidential candidate gets 270 electoral votes?
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html#270
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each State delegation has one vote. The Senate would elect the Vice President from the 2 Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes. Each Senator would cast one vote for Vice President. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House.
I don’t like our chances.
How many red states - especially mountain states - will have a Dem casting that vote??
We lose a 269 tie.
I count only 21 states with a GOP majority of House Representatives. Two states are tied.
The Dems win a tie vote on a 1-vote-per-state basis