Or if the House picks Trump, can you imagine the hysterics in the Media and in the streets from the habitually violent leftist fringe groups?
For god sake GET OUT AND VOTE so the election ends Nov 8th 2016
If Paul Ryan and the rino’s gave it to hilLIARy, I don’t think they would make it to their vehicles
If it does then our country is more F’ed up than I already think it is.
It goes to the House and if they have any survival instincts they won’t put illary in.
Enoch Powell predicted rivers of blood. Not quite in this context, but still ...
The Dems would just need to bribe or blackmail one Republican elector to take care of the tie. They shouldn’t have any problem coming up with one that was easy.
Remember the good ole days of counting chads/s? I hope this won’t be a ground hog day election. Pray and Vote
UN-Possible! If that did happen, the state of ‘tie’ would not last very long. We went through that back in 2000. This was when the parties got along together far better than now. And still, it was a full out power battle. People want this to be OVER and resolved on or near Election Day.
A tie is the best Hillary could hope for...there will be a bevy of recounts, then lawsuits, and finally the Obama SCOTUS, who will coronate Hillary.
They’re desperate, and will pull out all the stops.
The only cure - THE ONLY CURE - will be for Trump voters to turn out in such numbers there is no question about the results.
Then it goes to the house where the states get a single vote (each rep votes in their state caucus.)
Still tied? It goes to the senate.
Still tied? I decide. I select myself.
So, yeah. You don’t want that to happen.
Not as much of a nightmare as hillary winning outright. I don’t think the house would dare select clinton.
Thus the use of the word "nightmare".
Odds are low, but there are plausible scenarios in which the election ends in a tie, 269 to 269. In such as case the House of Representatives chooses the President (from among the top 3), and the Senate chooses the V.P. (from among the top 2).
It happened before (with slightly different rules), with Jefferson and Burr finishing in a tie. The House took 36 votes over eleven day to choose Jefferson. On the first 35 votes, eight state delegates voted for Jefferson (when he needed nine states), six for Burr, and two were tied. Jefferson needed nine for election. On the 36th votes, upon the advise of Alexander Hamilton, several Congressmen changed their vote, and Jefferson was elected with the support of ten states.
The nation survived, although Hamilton did not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHVFAm0TTk
If it were it end in a 269-269 tie, Trump would only need to flip one member of the Electoral College.
It will NEVER end in a tie or failure of one candidate to win. Even if the electoral map results show that result. One or more of the actual electors in the Electoral College will switch - and we all know that Mrs. Bill will not allow a defector, whatever it takes. The loyalty of Trumps slate of electors in every state he wins will be tested - every individual will be subjected to the worst kind of threats and abuse. They and their families will likely need protection and support. Mrs. Bill’s people are probably working overtime right now on finding a weak link. Hopefully Trump’s people are also vetting their slate to ensure their people are loyal and protected.
BO would insert himself into the process, unconstitutionally of course.
No. Not even close.
Trump 65%, Clinton 27%.
Massive, epochral super-mandate majority win for D.J. Trump. Deal with it.
No, no, no, didn't you hear about Executive Order #345-14?
"In the case of an Electoral Tie, the deciding vote will reside with the President of the United States."
Just kidding but....
I’ve been saying this for a while.
A 269-269 tie would be a disaster for this country. No matter who ended up winning I firmly believe blood would be spilled over it.
In the case of a tie, the Constitution requires that the House choose the President. The House would probably choose neither Clinton nor Trump. Their only other Constitutional choices would be Johnson, Stein or Biden (the current Vice President is the default choice, if no candidate gets a majority of the State delegations.)