The House of Representatives will choose the President if no candidate receives 270 electoral votes. The Senate would choose the Vice President.
*This occurs if there is a tie 269-269, or if a third candidate wins some electoral votes, leaving both of the major candidates with less than 270 each.
The House of Representatives chooses the President if this happens. This has happened in 1800 when Jefferson was elected over Aaron Burr, and again in 1824 when John Quincy Adams was elected over Andrew Jackson.
If no candidate receives the necessary votes in the Electoral College, the election goes to the House of Representatives. In the House, each state gets one vote. So the representatives of the state gather and vote within their delegation and then vote as one on the House floor. The person who receives a majority (26) is elected President. There are some problems with voting in the House. The small states (population wise) have the same influence as the larger states. If a majority of representatives from a state cannot agree on a candidate, that state loses its vote. If some members of the House favor a strong third-party candidate, it could make it difficult for any candidate to get the needed 26 votes.
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United State 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 this event, the House of Representatives chooses the president by using a special election process outlined in the Constitution.
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270 electoral votes
No the next president is decided by the amount of electoral votes the candidate gets. They need to have so many electoral votes to win the elections.
The candidate who receives the most electoral votes wins the presidency. It is possible to lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote to be elected president.
The majority of votes in the general election does not matter. Rather, it is the vote of the electoral college (elected by voters) which decides who becomes president.
A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to be declared President of the United States. Indiana has 11 electoral votes.
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The Electoral College
The US Senate would choose the vice president from among the top three if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes.
There are 538 electoral votes. The presedential candidate needs to win 270 in order to be elected president.
To be declared the winner, a candidate needs at least 270 electoral college votes.