What happens if both presidential candidates get 269

Amen SpatzieLover. There is nothing to legally prevent them from doing so. That is a bad system. I want to do away with the electoral college. I would eliminate it and just give each state an equal percent in the final vote. I would essentially do the same thing that the electoral college pretends to do except the next president would be decided by more then people. In other cases, since most electors are assigned by their affiliated political party, they can face censure or other means of civil punishment.

Thanks for the link. This is because I really doubt there would be a faithless elector switching from the Democratic side to the Republican side after the last 8 years 1, so this would go to the House and the VP would go to the Senate.

This question is in the General Section. Responses must be helpful and on-topic. To join, you must be at least 13 years old and agree to the terms and conditions. General Question. What happens if both candidates receive electoral votes? Add Topic 5, questions people. Observing members: 0 Composing members: 0. Riots in the streets. Capitol in Washington. Key Highlights On the face of it, a tiebreaker in the House would appear to favour the Democratic candidate since the Democrats continue to enjoy a slight majority there.

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Were Biden to win the swing states of, for example, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan, it would put the Democrats on vs the Republicans' and Biden would take the White House. Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football.