What happens if the number of electoral votes are not reached?

Answer 1

The required number is more than half of the total. If no candidate gets this required majority, the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the top three candidates using a special procedure in which each state gets one vote.

Answer 2

if nobody received a majority of the electoral vote, the House of Representatives chooses the president from the three with the greatest number of electoral votes in a special election in which each state's representatives cast one vote for their state.

Answer 3

In the case the House of Representatives decides the election. Each state gets one vote and they vote until from among the top three until one candidate wins.

Answer 4

If the required number of electoral votes to elect the President (270) is not reached, then it goes to Congress. The House decides on the President and the Senate decides the Vice President.

Answer 5

The House of Representatives will choose who is to be President.

Answer 6

than he or she would lose