zorkpolitics
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« on: December 13, 2014, 02:47:44 PM » |
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Of course, any tie in the Electoral College, is almost certainly a victory for the GOP Presidential candidate.
In case of a tie (or lack of a winner due to a third party candidate), the House votes by states, and the winning candidate needs 25 votes.
Currently, 33 states have a majority GOP House delegation while only 14 states have a majority Democratic delegation (3 states are split evenly and DC has no vote). Although it won't be the current House voting, but rather the newly elected Congress, if the election is close enough to be a tie, its highly likely the GOP retains a majority of state delegations.
Does anyone think any congressman would break from their party and vote for the other party's candidate, in particular will any GOP congressmen from states a Democrat might win (MI, PA, WI, NV, VA) vote for a Democratic candidate?
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