PLEASE ANSWER!!! What happens if two people running for president tie?

Question

If there are like three people running for preident, and two of them tie, what will happen? Do you have a re-vote or what? please explaine.

Answer 1

You need 270 of the 538 electoral college votes to win the Presidential election. If neither candidate receives 270 votes, then the House of Representatives votes. Each state gets one vote, so you'd need 26 votes to win.

The 12th amendment to the Constitution covers the details.

Answer 2

There would not be a re-vote.

The President and the Vice President are elected by electoral votes. In almost all cases, the ticket that gets the most votes in a state wins all the electoral votes of the state. The number of electoral votes is equal to the total number of the senators and congressmen in the state. (This is done chiefly to make sure that someone doesn't become president merely by getting like 80% of the vote in a few states - they have to show strength in many areas of the country to win.) You need a majority of the electoral votes to win.

If no one gets a majority, the president is elected by the House of Representatives. Each state delegation gets ONE vote, so if there are more Republican congressmen in a state then one would expect the Republican ticket get the vote, and vice-versa. Whoever gets the most votes wins for president. This last happened in 1824. The Senate picks the vice president. I believe each of the 100 senators (one for each state) gets one vote. The sitting vice president, who is also president of the senate, gets to vote to break a tie. This last happened - the senate picking the vice president - in 1836.

It's possible for a president to be of one party and the vice president from another if this happens. Some say we came close to the congress and senate deciding in 2000.

This is all in the Constitution. I hope this helps!

Answer 3

I asked this to my political technological know-how professor (in specific concerning McCain, who replaced into, properly, old.) With the Republicans curiously the heads of the party could come mutually and choose yet another candidate (who could no longer unavoidably be the Vice Presidential candidate.) If the candidate dies after election day then the electors could come to a decision who to vote for--this occurred interior the 1800s while Horace Greeley, a Democratic candidate who lost to offer died presently after the election. If the President-choose died after the electors had voted in mid december then issues could could be desperate via the living house-- consequently the vice chairman choose might replace into president.

Answer 4

Because of the electoral college, I'm not even sure if it is possible for this to happen. But if it did, then there would be a recount in all of the states that were really close. It's possible we wouldn't know for days or even weeks who the winner would be. The popular vote does not decide the election (though perhaps it should).

Answer 5

Man! no-one has been to civics class. If the electoral college tie (and it is possible) the election gets thrown into the congress. (I'm not sure if it is the House of representatives, or the combined house). I don't think it makes a bit of difference, because we only have one "party" in this country anyway.

Answer 6

The Extreme Court will pick Hillary. For eight years. Then, when another tie happens in 2016, the court will pick another Bush, then another Clinton (probably Chelsea) then another Bush.

Both those families should just change their names to Ceasar.

Answer 7

The Electoral College count was designed to resolve just that issue.

Answer 8

Hey CurleyToo. Your avatar doesn't have any curls. Great question, though.

Answer 9

I think the House and Senate will carefully pick the worst candidate.

Answer 10

I don't believe its possible for a tie to occur in the electorial college.