Election Is A Tie Still Possible

As ballot boxes across the us were opened some media speculated as to whether a tie or dead heat scenario in the us election was possible.

Election is a tie still possible. Here s how the election is decided in the event of a tie. What happens if the candidates tie. Then the decision would head to congress where the house of representatives would choose the president while the senate would choose the vice president according to usa today.

If neither presidential candidate. The total number of electoral college votes is 538 so a 269 tie is a possible scenario. If neither presidential candidate gets 270 electoral college votes the constitution requires the house of representatives to pick the president.

Senators would vote individually for a vice president. However a 269 269 tie is unlikely. This scenario hasn t happened before in modern times but.

In the senate each of the 100 u s. By 1800 two political parties the federalists and the democratic republicans held full sway over. Figure that would be 2nd.

House speaker nancy pelosi and president donald trump floated the possibility over the weekend that the house will ultimately decide the presidential election in the event of an electoral college. Would joe get president and pence get vp. Would that be a decent compromise.

The 1800 tie election made an even stronger case that the electoral college needed to be fixed. Can they both still tie. A tie has not been seen in modern times but the process was implemented in the 1800s including in the election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and aaron burr.