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Travis_0004

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7. It would be interesting
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:57 PM
Sep 2015

But I don't see that happening. Hillary running would divide democrats, meanwhile republicans are united behind one canidate. It would help the republicans out, and possibly cause the electoral vote to keep anybody from having a majority. If that happens, Say Hello to president Trump.


The house would almost certainly vote in a Republican president.

Each state gets one vote, and I assume that the Republicans have the numbers to pull that off easily.

The Senate votes the vice president, and a republican would easily win. There are 13-14 states with 2 democratic senators, and I believe 19 with 2 republican senators. I would assume any state with 1 republican and one democrat could not come to a consensus, and would not cast a vote, but I'm not sure exactly how that works.

It would be interesting if the president and vice president were from different parties, which is possible, but I don't see it happening next election.

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