What If the Electoral College is Tied?
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The United States, picks its president with the Electoral College, 538 votes distributedby population (mostly) to the 50 States and DC. To become president you need to win amajority of those votes. But, 538 is an even number, so what happens when the race forpresident is tied?Don't worry, there's an 18th century solution to the problem: if the Electoral College istied, the House of Representatives breaks that tie.As the name implies, the House is filled with representatives from each of the states. Themore people in a state, the more Representatives it has and their are 435 in total -- thankfullyan odd number and guaranteed tie breaker... except there's a catch: each representativedoesn't get one vote, it's each *State* that gets one ...
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The United States, picks its president with the Electoral College, 538 votes distributedby population (mostly) to the 50 States and DC. To become president you need to win amajority of those votes. But, 538 is an even number, so what happens when the race forpresident is tied?Don't worry, there's an 18th century solution to the problem: if the Electoral College istied, the House of Representatives breaks that tie.As the name implies, the House is filled with representatives from each of the states. Themore people in a state, the more Representatives it has and their are 435 in total -- thankfullyan odd number and guaranteed tie breaker... except there's a catch: each representativedoesn't get one vote, it's each *State* that gets one ...
