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Why was a special commission needed to decide to presidential election of 1876?
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1. The independent resigned and a Republican took his place. After examining the reports of sate review boards, the commission voted 8 to 7 to award all 20 disputed votes, and the election, to Hayes.
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Why was the special commission needed to decide the presidential election of 1876?
1. The independent resigned and a Republican took his place. After examining the reports of sate review boards, the commission voted 8 to 7 to award all 20 disputed votes, and the election, to Hayes.
Why was a special commission need to decide the presidential election of 1876?
1. The independent resigned and a Republican took his place. After examining the reports of sate review boards, the commission voted 8 to 7 to award all 20 disputed votes, and the election, to Hayes.
Why was a special commission needed to decide presidential election of 1876 1876?
1. The independent resigned and a Republican took his place. After examining the reports of sate review boards, the commission voted 8 to 7 to award all 20 disputed votes, and the election, to Hayes.
The 1876 Presidential election was?
The Supreme Court decide the presidential election.
Did the house of representatives ever have to decide a presidential election?
1800 & 1824
How many votes does each state get whe the house must decide a presidential election?
69
Do the electors vote and then they decide who gets the electoral vote for that state?
The electors in each state are elected by the popular vote in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.
What is a spoiler in a presidential election?
The spoiler is a political candidate (sometimes of a third party) who has little to no chance of winning an election but can still decide the fate of an election by taking votes away from other candidates.
What is a government primary?
A primary, or primary election, is the election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election. So basically, when people vote on who will run for the democrats during the presidential election, it's a primary election. Voting on the actual president would be the general election.
Under what set of circumstances might congress decide a presidential election?
Congress might decide a presidential election in the case of a disputed or tied Electoral College result. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives would vote to elect the president, with each state delegation having one vote. The Senate would vote to elect the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.
Who is in the lead of the presidential election?
In the states that can always be counted as Republican votes, McCain is leading. In the Democrat strongholds, Obama is ahead. In the swing states that will actually decide who the next president will be, Obama has a slight lead, but still less than 50 % in any state. There are enough 'undecideds' in the poll numbers to pull McCain ahead by election day.
What somewhat recent fictional movie featured a man whose vote alone would decide the victor of the presidential election?
Swing Vote (2008).
