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fishonjazz said:
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Only 3 people are on the ballot in all 50 states and they are the same 3 that have ever gotten above 10% on any poll this election.

Go look at the Libs. Their nominee draws support from disaffected voters on both sides at roughly an even pace
 
Stoked said:
Only 3 people are on the ballot in all 50 states and they are the same 3 that have ever above 10% on any poll this election.

Go look at the Libs. Their nominee draws support from disaffected voters on both sides at roughly an even pace
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So my wife asked me this question and I had no answer.... Why didn't bernie run as an independent? He was quite popular it seemed and it also seems like this year is ripe for an upset.
Seems like bernie would have a chance against this motley crew
 
fishonjazz said:
So my wife asked me this question and I had no answer.... Why didn't bernie run as an independent? He was quite popular it seemed and it also seems like this year is ripe for an upset.
Seems like bernie would have a chance against this motley crew
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My guess is that the DNC convinced him that it would cost them against the Rs and that they needed a D president to offset the R held congress. That if he ran as an independent the Rs would win the election.

That along with possible incentives like a cabinet position.
 
I read somewhere that if Trump and Clinton stay relatively evenly divided, and then some other candidate wins a handful of states so that no candidate can possibly earn a majority of the nationwide delegates (I'm pretty sure 260 are required to win), the election would be decided by the incoming House of Representatives. I don't know what restrictions there are on who they could choose, but it's not difficult to imagine them deciding on someone other than Donald or Hillary.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
I read somewhere that if Trump and Clinton stay relatively evenly divided, and then some other candidate wins a handful of states so that no candidate can possibly earn a majority of the nationwide delegates (I'm pretty sure 260 are required to win), the election would be decided by the incoming House of Representatives. I don't know what restrictions there are on who they could choose, but it's not difficult to imagine them deciding on someone other than Donald or Hillary.
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I looked into that a month or so ago and found this website helpful: https://lwv.org/content/who-will-elect-president-electoral-college-system

Specifically:

The following rules regulate the House's choice of the President:

  • Only the top three vote getters in the electoral college are to be considered.
  • Regardless of its population and number of representatives, each state delegation in the House has only one vote, for a total of 50 votes. The District of Columbia, which sends a nonvoting delegate to the House, has no vote.
  • The state's choice is determine by a vote within its delegation. If that vote is a tie, the state loses its vote.
  • A winning candidate must receive the votes of a majority-26-of states.
  • There is no limit to the number of ballots in the House. If the House fails to choose a President by Inauguration Day, January 20, the Twentieth Amendment requires that the Vice-President-elect, provided that the Senate has chosen one, serves as President until the House makes it choice. The Senate follows these rules in its selection of the Vice-President:
  • The choice is between the top two vice-presidential vote-getters in the Electoral College.
  • Each senator has one vote, for a total of 100 votes (no vote for the District of Columbia).
  • A Vice-President must be elected by a majority-51-of the whole Senate.
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The first item is the biggie. So the Paul Ryan & House Republicans couldn't choose e.g. Mitt Romney out of the blue if he hadn't won any electoral votes. It would need to be a choice between Trump, Clinton, and Johnson (assuming Johnson turns out to be the spoiler).
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
I read somewhere that if Trump and Clinton stay relatively evenly divided, and then some other candidate wins a handful of states so that no candidate can possibly earn a majority of the nationwide delegates (I'm pretty sure 260 are required to win), the election would be decided by the incoming House of Representatives. I don't know what restrictions there are on who they could choose, but it's not difficult to imagine them deciding on someone other than Donald or Hillary.
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This is what I understand as well. The person who told me this said that the house is ran by the republican party and they would pick trump.
 
fishonjazz said:
This is what I understand as well. The person who told me this said that the house is ran by the republican party and they would pick trump.
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Most likely scenario.
But as much as Americans are so unexcited (to put it mildly) with our choices, I don't see Johnson winning a single state.
 
Damn it bernie, you should have ran as an independent
 
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