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How does the House of Representatives decide who wins if neither presidential candidates wins 270 electoral votes?
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They take a vote, with the coalition of Representatives from each state getting only one vote. The three candidates with the most electoral votes are eligible. They repeat the vote if nobody receives an absolute majority of at least 26 votes.
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What happens if both candidates get 269 electoral votes?
If neither candidate gets a majority of the Electoral Votes, the election for President is decided in the House of Representatives, with each state delegation having one vote. Senators would elect the Vice-President.
What happens if both presidential candidates get 270 electoral votes?
If no presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes cast, the U. S. House of Representatives elects the president from among the three presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. The whole delegation of Representatives from each state has only one vote. If none of the three receives an absolute majority of at least 26 votes, the House election is repeated until somebody does. This happened only one time so far, in 1824. If no vice presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes cast, the U. S. Senate elects the vice president from between the two vice presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. If neither of the two receives an absolute majority of at least 51 votes, the Senate election is repeated until somebody does. This happened only one time so far, in 1836.
How is the election decided if neither candidate has the majority of the electoral college?
A vote in the House of Representatives
Why did the house of reperesentatives decide the winner in the election of 1824?
No candidate received votes for President from more than half of the appointed electors.
What if neither get the required number of minimum votes?
If no candidate in a presidential election has the majority of electoral votes than the members of the house of representatives vote to choose which one of them will be the next president. This is in Article II Section I of the Constitution.
Who was chosen by the electoral college?
The electoral college has chosen the winners of all 57 presidential elections and all 53 vice presidential elections in U.S. history with the following exceptions:In 1800, the U.S. House of Representatives had to elect the president from between the two candidates who tied for first place in electoral votes, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. In effect, the electoral college determined who would be president and vice president, but the House determined which person would hold which office. The U.S. Constitution was amended in 1804 so every time after 1800 there has been a separate election for the vice president.In 1824, the U.S. House of Representatives had to elect the president from among the three candidates with the most electoral votes, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and William Caldwell in that order, because nobody received more than 50% of the presidential electoral votes. The House elected Adams, who had neither the simple majority of electoral votes nor the simple majority of the nationwide popular votes. John C. Calhoun had no problem getting enough vice presidential electoral votes because he was the running mate of both Jackson and Adams.In 1836, the U.S. Senate had to elect the vice president from between the two candidates with the most electoral votes, Richard Mentor Johnson and Francis Granger, because nobody received more than 50% of the vice presidential electoral votes. Many people don't know this because there was no controversy involved; Johnson was the running mate of the winner of the presidential election, Martin Van Buren, he was only one electoral vote short, and the Senate elected him easily on the first ballot.It may surprise some people to know that the House still elects the president when nobody gets at least 270 presidential electoral votes, and the Senate still elects the vice president when nobody gets at least 270 vice presidential electoral votes. Although neither has happened in almost 200 years, those constitutional rules have never been amended or repealed.
What determines how many electoral delegates each state has in Electoral College?
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representatives the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representatives the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. NOTE: The 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution grants the District of Columbia 3 electoral votes - equivalent to what they would have if they were a state although they have neither US Senators nor a representative in the US House of Representatives.
What is a congresional district?
The Congressional District Method (a.k.a., Maine-Nebraska Method) is an alternative way of distributing electoral votes within a state. In a winner-takes-all system, the winner of the statewide popular vote receives all of that state's electoral votes. Under the Congressional District Method, the electoral votes are distributed based on the popular vote winner within each of the state's congressional districts; the statewide popular vote winner receives two additional electoral votes.us-presidential-electorsThe number of electoral votes allocated to each state is equal to the size of the state's Congressional delegation.us-presidential-electorsThe two statewide-winner electoral votes are held to be equivalent to the two votes each state receives in the U.S. Senate. The district-wide-winner electoral votes are equivalent to that district's vote in the House of Representatives.Only maineand nebraskause the Congressional District Method for distributing their electoral votes. Maine has four electoral votes, based on its two Representatives and two Senators. Nebraska has two Senators and three Representatives, giving it five electoral votes.us-presidential-electorsMaine began using the Congressional District Method in the united-states-presidential-election-1972. Nebraska has used the Congressional District Method since the united-states-presidential-election-1992.us-presidential-electorsus-presidential-electorsThe Congressional District Method allows for the chance for states to split their electoral vote between multiple candidates. Before 2008, neither Maine nor Nebraska had ever split their electoral votes.us-presidential-electorsNebraska split its electoral votes for the first time in 2008, giving John McCain its statewide electors and those of two congressional districts, while Barack Obama won the electoral vote of nebraska-s-2nd-congressional-district.us-presidential-electorsIn addition, the Congressional District Method can be more easily implemented than other alternatives to the winner-takes-all method. State legislation is sufficient to use this method. A constitutional amendment's adoption is not needed, unlike some other Electoral College reform options.us-presidential-electorsHowever, the Congressional District Method has its downsides. For instance, candidates might only spend time in certain battleground districts instead of the entire state and cases of gerrymandercould become exacerbated as political parties attempt to draw as many safe districts as they can.us-presidential-electorsRead more: us-presidential-electors
Why did the presidential election of 1824 need to be decided by the House of Representatives?
Back in the 1800 the electors in the electoral college only got one vote and it was for the president so the person who received the most votes was the President and the person who came in 2nd was the Vice President and there were 4 candidates for Presidency and the two of them tied for first place, and even though they were from the same party Thomas Jefferson who was selected as his party's choice for president tied with Aaron Burr which was the party's choice for Vice President. And in our Constitution if there is a tie or neither member reaches the now designated number to get the Presidency, the House of Representatives (since they represent more of the US's population) votes on which person receives the nod for Presidency. And now today each elector gets two votes one for the Presidential candidate and one for the Vice Presidential candidate.
Why did John Quincy Adams bec ome president after the election of 1824?
No candidate won the majority of the electoral vote, so in accordance with the law, The House of Representatives chose the president and they elected Adams.
What was the purpose of the electoral Commission set up by congress in January 1877?
To decide the disputed Presidential election of 1876. Samuel Tilden (Democrat) got more votes than the Republican, Rutherford B. Hayes, but they tied in electoral votes. Since it is the Electoral College that decides Presidential elections, not the popular vote, neither could be declared the winner. Congress had to convene and choose one of them. They chose Hayes.
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to receive to win the presidency in the electoral colldge?
A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. However, if neither candidate reaches this threshold, the election is thrown to the House of Representatives and they vote (1 vote per state) to decide who becomes president.
