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If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
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∙ 11y agoIf none of the presidential candidates has an absolute majority of the electoral votes cast (currently that is at least 270 votes when all electors vote), the House of Representatives elects the president from among the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. The whole delegation of Representatives from each state has one vote, and the election is repeated if necessary until one of the candidates has an absolute majority of votes (with 50 states, that's at least 26 votes). That happened only once so far, in 1824.
If none of the vice presidential candidates receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes, the U. S. Senate elects the vice president from between the two candidates who received the most electoral votes. The election is repeated if necessary until one of the candidates has an absolute majority of votes (with 100 Senators, that is at least 51 votes). That happened only once so far, in 1836.
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∙ 16y agoThe house of Representatives.
for the president the house of representatives will decide.
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What is the flaws of the electoral college concerning the popular vote vs the electoral vote?
A candidate could be elected by having a majority of the Electoral votes, but losing the popular vote. And (at one time) Electors were not bound to vote the same way as the majority in their state had voted.
What happens to electoral vote if candidate wins by only one vote?
That's not going to happen.
What happens if no candidate receives a majority of the vote?
If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes then the U.S. House of Representatives will elect the President from the three candidates with the majority of votes in a special election in which each state gets one vote. This was established by the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What represents one of Congress's electoral powers?
Congress has electoral powers only if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote. In that case, the House elects the president by a special vote in which each state gets one vote. States that can not agree on a candidate would have to pass their vote, but a majority of the states must concur in order to end the voting and elect a new president. The senate elects the vice-president and a majority is required to elect.
WHAT HAPPENS IF NEITHER CANDIDATE GETS A MAJORITY F ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE?
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
What would happen if the electors of the electoral college refuse to vote for trump?
If a majority voted for someone else, that person would become the president. If no one received a majority of the electoral vote, the House of Representatives would elect the president.
What happens if one candidate wins more popular vote but not electoral?
The canditate doesnt win. he/she only wins if they get electoral
What happens if Texas does not vote in the electoral vote?
The total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538. If Texas did not cast its electoral votes, the President still would be elected in the electoral college if a candidate received 270 electoral votes. If no candidate receives at least the required majority of 270 electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
How many times has the winner of the electoral vote not won the popular vote?
This has happened three times. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but Rutherford Hayes won the electoral majority by one vote. In 1888 Grover Cleveland lost in electoral vote to Benjamin Harrison even though he carred the popular vote. In 2000, Al Gore lost to George W. Bush but won the popular vote. ( In 1824, Andrew Jackson won both the popular vote and the electoral vote, but did not get the required majority of electoral vote and so in accordance with the law, the House of Representatives chose the president and they chose John Quincy Adams. )
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 no candidate receives a majority vote for president?
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
In the Elections of 1800 and 1824 when no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote what is the election is decided by?
The House of Representatives chooses the president if no candidates receives a majority of electoral votes. The House votes in a special way- each state gets one vote. The congressmen from each state meet and determine what their state's vote will be.
