If the election falls to the house..........

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by JCricket

Actually, and if I understand correctly, this is would not happen. If it falls to the house, each state representatives will gather and amongst themselves decide how that state should cast a vote. Each state gets only one vote. So if you look at the number of states that are held by the GOP, not the number of seats held, it will likely fall on the party lines. I think that is currently republican, approximately 20 states are dem, 30 are GOP.

To further elaborate on my first post, if Trump gets in, he is likely to be charged and then removed from office. This leaves Pence in charge. Of course, this is if the election falls to the house.

If this were to play out as you have suggested, Trump can only be removed by impeachment and he cannot be impeached for crimes he committed before assuming the Presidency. I am not even sure this is how it works and probably why sane people do not want Trump in the WH.

Question remains that if the electoral college vote is ties, does the house have to select between Trump and Hillary? I cannot find a definite answer for this.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

If this were to play out as you have suggested, Trump can only be removed by impeachment and he cannot be impeached for crimes he committed before assuming the Presidency. I am not even sure this is how it works and probably why sane people do not want Trump in the WH.

Question remains that if the electoral college vote is ties, does the house have to select between Trump and Hillary? I cannot find a definite answer for this.

If no candidate receives a majority of Electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most Electoral votes.

https://www.archives.gov/federal-reg...llege/faq.html

It's unlikely that any other candidate will get any electoral votes, so the choice would be between the two. But it does open a theoretical win possibility for a third party candidate who was popular enough to actually take enough states to deny either of the major party candidates a majority. Then if neither, likewise, could get a majority in the House of Representatives, the House might settle on the third party candidate, as a compromise....

Just an odd way things could possibly work out.