lets say bush's term is up, but no one wanted to run for president. what will happen?
2007-12-30 11:32:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
what i mean is who will become the next president? The vice president?
2007-12-30 11:34:26 · update #1
dead question..there will always be a liberal or a Ralph Nader waiting in the wings
2007-12-30 11:35:29 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Sardonicus 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
According to the Constitution, the office of President cannot be left vacant. So either the Vice President becomes President, or the Speaker of the House (and so on in succession). Or perhaps the President remains in office, only leaving when his term of eligibility expires.
Honestly there is no established procedure, because nothing of the sort has ever happened, and I doubt anyone in charge has seriously considered it.
2007-12-30 11:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would still be an election to select electors from each state. Presidential Electors meet in their respective state capitol buildings 41 days after the election. At the 51 meetings, held on the same day, the Electors cast the electoral votes for the state. The system does not require anyone to be a candidate to select a new president only that they can find someone willing to serve that 270 electors will vote for. If they can not agree then the new president is selectd by congress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College
2007-12-30 12:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your question;
I believe it would be the same as both President and Vice president dying while in office. The Speaker of the House is third in line and would be appointed by Congress till the next election cycle.
2007-12-30 11:39:34 · answer #4 · answered by T-Bone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
kind of a silly question. there are enough people with special (corporate) interests that would love to run for president. if what you meant was WHO would take over if the vice president could not- that would be the speaker of the house.
2007-12-30 11:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We Win!! No, really, with no president, there is no vice president, so the speaker becomes an unwilling president.
2007-12-30 11:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why should anyone run for president? He is an able bodied person - let the president do his own running. It's good for health too ;)
2016-05-28 03:33:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if you were the last person on earth, you would run for president...its in our nature to try and become top of it all.
2007-12-30 11:36:34 · answer #8 · answered by flyingcheesemonger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Move over bacon here comes Nancy Pelosi the Speaker of the House!
2007-12-30 11:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by angrycelt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would probably open the door for Bush to remain president. I really doubt that would ever happen though.
2007-12-30 11:40:19 · answer #10 · answered by mattface 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is an excellent question. I don't think this will ever happen though. I think if TRULY no one ran then the country would get taken over by congress. But i'm not 100 percent sure.
2007-12-30 11:36:24 · answer #11 · answered by MomOf 3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋