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icemanj
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« on: March 10, 2019, 06:52:17 AM »

If there was a 269-269 tie, which has a very real possibility (2016 + MI + PA + ME-02) and the vote went to the house, I would assume each member would vote along party lines. I was curious so I made a map based on the current congressional delegations of each state. That results in this map -
https://www.270towin.com/maps/yJGV2

Democrats would pick up Iowa and Arizona, but MI and PA have even split delegations. What would happen here? would 1 republican defect and vote for the democrat because the democrat won their state? What if they refused to break a tie? What's the process? And by the way, how are DC's electoral votes decided in this case?
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icemanj
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2019, 07:38:04 PM »

I didn't realize it goes by just number of states instead of EV numbers.
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