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.
Can’t be a tie, there are 51 votes. Need 26 to win, not all states need to vote, only 2/3 need to vote, but still need 26 to win.
Your analysis assumes that they only have Trump and Clinton to pick from.
What about Pence, Ryan, Kasich, McCain, etc...
I could see 26 Republican states agreeing to give it to on of them.
Not only would the Republican delegations come into play but think about a state like Illinois. There are 10 Dem districts and 8 Rep districts. Knowing that at the end of the day, a Republican is going to win, I bet Illinois could be convinced to cast their vote for someone like Kasich or Ryan to avoid someone like Trump or Cruz.