March 20, 2024
What if Trump or Biden don't get enough electoral votes
Congress Congressional Research Service - The 12th Amendment to the Constitution requires that presidential and vice presidential candidates gain “a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed” in order to win election. With a total of 538 electors representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia, 270 electoral votes is the “magic number,” the arithmetic majority necessary to win the presidency. What would happen if no candidate won a majority of electoral votes? In these circumstances, the 12th Amendment also provides that the House of Representatives would elect the President, and the Senate would elect the Vice President, in a procedure known as “contingent election.” Contingent election has been implemented twice in the nation’s history under the 12th Amendment: first, to elect the President in 1825, and second, the Vice President in 1837
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You're a little light on facts. The House of Representatives don't get to vote. The members of the House for each state get to cast one vote per state. So all California's House members get one vote; and Alaska's House member gets one vote etc. And it seems DC probably wouldn't get a vote. Currently Trump would lead 26 to 23 with a Michigan tie and assuming a straight party vote.
An interesting thing to note is that potentially we could end up with a President Trump and VP Harris.
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