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jfern
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« on: March 30, 2012, 01:05:58 AM » |
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« edited: March 30, 2012, 01:12:15 AM by ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ »
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Probably some states would be a tie.
If the Democrats due well enough in the Congressional elections that they have the majority of 25 states, Obama will be re-elected with 270+ electoral votes, so this isn't happening. A 269-269 tie would favor Romney, but if people are going to be pissed if we have case number 5 of a Democrat winning the popular vote but not becoming President.
Anyways, much more likely than an electoral party tie is what happened in 1824, where no one got a majority. Could have happened in 1968 if Agnew hadn't sabotaged the peace talks. There's also the 1800 election, but that's irrelevant since it was pre-12 amendment. Or some random faithless electors could cause another 1836.
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