30 State Delegations - Republican 15 State Delegations - Democrat 1 State Delegation - Socialist (would vote for Democrat) 4 State Delegations - Tied between Republican and Democrat
These are the current numbers for the 108th Congress, but it will be the newly elected 109th Congress which would elect the President if the job fell in their laps...
The 'tied' States are Minnesota, Mississippi, Texas and Wisconsin. Texas is currently tied at 16-16, but by the 109th Congress which is seated in January of 2005, the Republicans should have at least 31 State Delegations since the Texas re-districting will finally have more Republicans than Democrats representing Texas. These numbers in the House of Representatives will take care of any potential business that the Electoral College would throw their way for the selection of President, which means that Bush would be re-elected.
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As a note, the Constitution requires that a majority of the States (voting as Delegations with a single vote) are required to elect a President, which today means that you must have 26 of the 50 votes...
dvwjr
I'm not so sure. In fact I think it would be the 108th. Yet another thing to argue about. How long do the terms run? Because there are "lame duck" sessions right? The Constitution says "immediately". Which, to me at least, implies the sitting Congress not the elected one does the job. YET ANOTHER THING TO SUE OVER !