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What if I fail? Kamala Harris andDonald Trump In achieving the necessary majority of the votes of senior voters to reach the White House? This hypothesis, which would raise a complex dilemma and exacerbate Americans’ anxiety, is theoretically possible.
Under the US Constitution, it returns For CongressIn this case, the choice of the 47th President of the United States, specifically House of Representatives Elected via ballot as well, while taking over Senate Appointment of Vice President.
This rare hypothesis will occur if the two candidates are tied on Tuesday in terms of the number of large voters (Electoral College) i.e. 269 for each. There are several voting scenarios that lead to this absolute tie between the candidates in the number of members of the Electoral College, which includes 538 members whose task will be to choose the next president of the country at a later time.
For example, this may happen if Democratic candidate Harris wins in the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and Republican Trump wins in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Nebraska.
A tie has never been recorded in the modern history of the United States. The last time a tie was recorded in the number of adult voters between candidates for the presidential elections dates back to the year 1800, when Thomas Jefferson Candidate for the Democratic-Republican PartyJohn Adams About the Federal Party.
But what is noteworthy about this is that the tie did not include Adams, but rather the candidates of the Democratic-Republican Party, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, who each received 73 votes. The election was considered invalid, and the House of Representatives decided to elect Jefferson after 36 rounds of voting.
This complex situation prompted the adoption of the 12th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1804, which supplemented Article II detailing the procedures that should be followed in the event that neither candidate obtains a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
But in practice, how will the vote take place in the House of Representatives?
“Every state, regardless of its population, has the right to vote,” says the Congressional Research Service. That is, the election does not take place by one vote for each representative, but rather by a majority of the votes of each state. The state of Idaho (Republican) has a vote thanks to its two representatives, while the very large state of California (Democrat) has 52 representatives.
Since the country includes 50 states, the new majority required will be 26 votes. Republicans are likely to maintain the majority they currently enjoy.
It is expected that such a hypothesis will ignite the already tense country, as millions of citizens are convinced that the elections, which are witnessing intense competition, are already witnessing violations.
