Can Dems Not Only Flip the House, But Stop the GOP From Controlling 26 State Delegations?
Twenty-six is the magic number if the presidential election is thrown into the House.
Each state gets one vote.
With the current make-up of Congress, the Republicans control 26 delegations, the Democrats 22 and two (Minnesota and North Carolina) are tied.
But it's the Congress sworn in on January 3rd that would vote if no one gets to 270 Electoral Votes. The new Senate votes to elect the Vice President, with 51 being the magic number; each Senator getting one vote.
House Republicans outnumber Democrats in Arizona, 4-3. But the Cook Political Report rates two Republican-held seats as toss-ups. So Dems could flip the state.
Alaska is a critical hold for Dems, with the 3rd place Republican (a MAGA) dropping out so that it will be incumbant Democrat Mary Peltola facing only one Republican in November (Alaska has ranked voting), thus improving the possibility that the GOP could flip the state.
But Dems also have a chance in flipping the Minnesota 1st and the North Carolina 11th, thus breaking a deadlock in those states.
If the House can't elect a president, the vice president-elect would act as president unless at some point during the next four years term the House elects a president.
Keep in mind that it's also possible that a faithless elector could knock a presidential candidate down from 270 to 269 to throw the election into the House. Might the chance of that happening increase if Trump is convicted of more felonies before the Electoral College meets?
And there's no Constitutional requirement that a member of the House vote for their party's nominee. That possibility increases if that member's nominee lost the national and/or the state popular vote. (hello Arizona, Minnesota and North Carolina!)
Each state gets one vote.
With the current make-up of Congress, the Republicans control 26 delegations, the Democrats 22 and two (Minnesota and North Carolina) are tied.
But it's the Congress sworn in on January 3rd that would vote if no one gets to 270 Electoral Votes. The new Senate votes to elect the Vice President, with 51 being the magic number; each Senator getting one vote.
House Republicans outnumber Democrats in Arizona, 4-3. But the Cook Political Report rates two Republican-held seats as toss-ups. So Dems could flip the state.
Alaska is a critical hold for Dems, with the 3rd place Republican (a MAGA) dropping out so that it will be incumbant Democrat Mary Peltola facing only one Republican in November (Alaska has ranked voting), thus improving the possibility that the GOP could flip the state.
But Dems also have a chance in flipping the Minnesota 1st and the North Carolina 11th, thus breaking a deadlock in those states.
If the House can't elect a president, the vice president-elect would act as president unless at some point during the next four years term the House elects a president.
Keep in mind that it's also possible that a faithless elector could knock a presidential candidate down from 270 to 269 to throw the election into the House. Might the chance of that happening increase if Trump is convicted of more felonies before the Electoral College meets?
And there's no Constitutional requirement that a member of the House vote for their party's nominee. That possibility increases if that member's nominee lost the national and/or the state popular vote. (hello Arizona, Minnesota and North Carolina!)
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