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Originally Posted by kirant
Well that solved nothing. Except a Democrat Alaska for some reason.
(Edit - If my counting is correct, Trump would then win in Congress by 28 states to 22)
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I would be really interested to see if any majority-Republican delegations in the House would choose Hillary over Trump. There must be a few states where the delegation is pretty close between D's and R's and it would only take one or two defections to flip that state's vote.
Anyone know what the tie-breaking procedure is if the House deadlocks 25-25?
edit: Found it.
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And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
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The Vice-President - in the event of an Electoral College tie - is chosen by the Senate with each member of the Senate getting one vote. Should the Senate flip Dem, this would mean President Tim Kane, if it were to stay Republican we would get President Mike Pence (this would clearly be the Darkest Timeline).
There seems to be some disagreement on what would happen in the event of a 50-50 tie in the Senate on the vote for Vice President with some sources saying Biden would get to cast the tie-breaking vote and others indicating the Succession Act of 1947 would kick in and the Speaker of the House (Paul Ryan) would become President.