I thought Joe Dementia was going to win in a landslide.
In the event no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the Electorate College (possibly because the Dems mess up big time with their mail-in ballots), the election of the President goes to the House (on the basis of the states), and the election of the V.P. goes to the Senate. Members could only vote for one of the top five vote-getters in the Electoral College. For the moment, I’ll assume members must choose between Trump and Biden, and Pence and Biden’s not yet named running mate.
Currently, the Republicans control 26 state delegations in the House, the Democrats 23, and there is 1 tie (Pennsylvania). Assuming no change, Trump would be re-elected President.
Currently, the Republicans have 53 Senators and the Democrats and their allies 47. So, Pence would be re-elected Vice President.
On the assumption the election is close, and so is not decided by the Electoral College, Republicans should improve on their positions in Congress.
Bottom line: without some shenanigans, the Republicans would prevail if the election were thrown to the Congress.
Now, what possible shenanigans might be pulled? Possibly a Democrat Elector or two could be persuaded to vote for Romney for President and Kasich for V.P., or some other NeverTrump Republicans. Maybe they could fetch a few Republican votes in the House or Senate, and all the Democrat votes, and so be elected President and V.P.
BELOW THE BOTTOM: This election is not over by a long-shot. There are reasons to think Trump will do well in spite of the current main stream media polls. Democrats are moving from hopeful to desperate.
“I thought Joe Dementia was going to win in a landslide.”
I don’t know why he isn’t up by 50 points...
The utter flaw in the plan, is that if Trump gets 270, it doesn’t matter how much the blue states f*** up their votes.
Trump wins anyway.