Maybe The Electoral College Will Come Through For Us

[BmorePat87]

(10-15-2016, 06:46 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I wasn't assuming you didn't, just some general info. If neither one reaches 270, though, then it isn't up to the electors. That would be up to the House for POTUS and Senate for VP. The interesting question would be if that would have to wait until the new Congress is in session. Since the electoral votes aren't counted in Congress until 06 January, then they technically wouldn't have the authority to act until then, would be my understanding. This could mean that if the Dems tale the Senate, we could see a GOP POTUS and a Dem VP.

Yea, previously when we discussed this, I thought it was the outgoing Congress, like in 1800 and 1824, but the 20th Amendment changed it to the incoming Congress.

There's no telling who would win if this happened until we see how the Congressional election pans out.