If you're like Ace, you've had enough of 2020, COVID-19, and especially enough of all the crap about tomorrow's election. Like me, many of you are hoping and praying for some normalcy and a stop to all of the divisiveness we have endured the last 4 years. But, I betcha didn't think of this:
What happens if neither Trump nor Biden gets 270 electoral votes, the amount needed to win the election?
Don't know? This is what happens:
By law, we then have a "contingency election" whereby the House of Representatives picks the President and the Senate picks the Vice-President. Furthermore, under the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that election won't be held until the new House and the new Senate are sworn in.
And guess what? Although the Senate vote will be a vote by each Senator, the House vote will be done "en bloc." Do you know what that means? It means each state's congressional delegation gets one vote for the entire delegation. That's right, ONE VOTE PER STATE!!!
So what you might ask? Here's what: Do you know which party in the House of Representatives has the majority in the most states?
THE REPUBLICANS!!!!
That's right! Now, assuming that the party numbers in Congress for each state don't change after tomorrow, here's the breakdown:
Republicans - 26 states
Democrats - 23 states + the District of Columbia = 24.
You might say, wait, that's only 49 states plus D.C. !!! There's 50 states!
That's right...and the 50th state is...wait for it...Pennsylvania, which has 9 Democrats and 9 Republicans - a tie!!! But it doesn't matter. If Pennsylvania swings Democrat, that still leaves Republicans with 26 states. And under the 20th Amendment, D.C. doesn't even get a vote in a contingency election.
So guess what...that means Trump gets elected, no matter what the popular vote was and no matter if he has far fewer electoral college votes than Biden!!! And unless the Senate swings Democrat, a small possibility, but, it probably won't happen, that means Pence gets elected Vice-President again!!!
Trump doesn't care if he doesn't reach 270 electoral votes - he doesn't have to! All he has to do is win enough to keep Biden from reaching 270. And that's a lot easier for him in these times.
Still think your vote counts?
