If this should happen, the electoral college would most likely cast their votes for the vice-presidential candidate of the dead winning candidate.
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If both of them die, the speaker of the house becomes the president.
Next in line after the VP is the Speaker of the House.
Depending on the country, the person who becomes the president is:The person who wins a presidential election.The person who is the leader of the party who has the most elected members.The person who seizes power in a coup or revolution.The vice president or other position when the previous president dies.
If the House Speaker would become president due to the sudden deaths of both the president and vice president, he would nominate a new vice president who after confirmation by Congress would take his place if he died. If he were to die before a new vice-president was confirmed, the new Speaker of the House would take his place.
There is no new president if the vice president dies Wrong. Just because the president and the vice president die, does not mean we will not have a president. Someone has to run this country of we would be in complete chaos. It would more than likely be the speaker of the house. And if that doesn't happen, then we would re-elect.