For a Presidential ticket to win, it must get at least electoral votes. If that does not happen, the House of Representatives votes for the President, and the Senate votes for the Vice President.
If the Democrat wins, for example, the Democratic electors for that state are expected to vote for that candidate. Typically, electors are party activists and elected state officials. Hillary Clinton won almost 3 million more popular votes but President Trump won electoral college votes. Andrew Jackson , Samuel Tilden , Grover Cleveland , and Al Gore also won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. This can happen, in part, since a candidate can win the majority of voters in a state with a smaller number of electoral votes but barely win one with a larger allocation.
If neither President Trump nor Vice President Biden secures electoral college votes in the presidential election, the House of Representatives will select the next president.
The vote is determined by an internal tally of each lawmaker in each state delegation. States whose delegations reach a tie are not counted. Currently, Republicans control 26 delegations and Democrats control Pennsylvania is tied and Michigan has a plurality for Democrats, with a 14th seat held by independent Justin Amash.
Because the vote would take place after January 6th, the delegation totals will change to reflect the results of House races. Each delegation gets one vote. While Democrats continue to hold a majority in the House overall, when broken down by state delegation, Republicans control a majority of the state delegations. That means it could be good news for Trump if the race goes to the House. In the Senate, members vote individually for the next vice president.
If Republicans continue to hold the majority following the Nov. Members of the newly elected Congress would be the ones to vote for the president and vice president. Facebook Twitter Email. While Democrats continue to hold a majority in the House overall, when broken down by state delegation, Republicans control a majority of the state delegations.
That means it could be good news for Trump if the race goes to the House. In the Senate, members vote individually for the next vice president. If Republicans continue to hold the majority following the Nov. Members of the newly elected Congress would be the ones to vote for the president and vice president.
The last time there was a tie in the Electoral College was in Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams by earning 73 electoral votes in the presidential election to Adams' When presidential electors cast their votes, however, they failed to distinguish between the office of president and vice president on their ballots, giving both Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr 73 votes each.
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