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Would a viable third party candidate legally have a chance in the House of Representatives?
Suppose there was an American third party candidate, who won a quarter of the popular vote, and a single large state or a handful of smaller ones: specifically with enough electoral votes so that ...
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Are the US presidential electors the members of House of Representatives?
My question is about the US presidential election. I read that the Electoral College consists of 435 electors, 100 senators and 3 others. Are the 435 electors the members of the House of ...
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About how many Joe Biden voters are represented by Republicans in the House, and vice versa?
I want to know about how many people are living in places where they are represented by people of the other party. I know there were a lot of crossover districts, but that is not the point. In other ...
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How many congressional districts produced a split result in the 2020 House and Presidential elections?
I was trying to find out more about districts who voted for one party for president and the other for House. We have data on this for 1972 to 2016. I am asking because I'm researching polarization.
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In case of an electoral college tie, can a regular House vote prevent the "en bloc" House vote from happening?
Should neither candidate for president get to 270 votes in the electoral college, the twelfth amendment to the constitution specifies that the House of Representatives "shall choose immediately&...
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Can the House change how the contingent vote for President works?
If the electoral college is deadlocked, the House elects the president. However, each state gets 1 vote, so Massachusetts gets 1 vote despite being much smaller than Texas, for example.
At present, ...
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Was the Democratic vote less efficient in 2018 than in 2016?
In 2016, Donald Trump won the election despite losing the popular vote by about 3 million votes. This is because the Republican vote was distributed efficiently in the Electoral College.
The map ...
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Has there ever been a presidential election where every state voted the same way as in the midterms?
Has there ever been a presidential election where every state voted for the same party as in the House elections in the previous midterm? If so, when was it? And, if there has never been as of writing,...
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30+ years ago, why was there often a huge split between the presidential and house elections but not anymore?
In 1988, Republican presidential nominee (and incumbent vice president) George H.W. Bush won 40 out of 50 states and a 7.8% margin in the popular vote. On the same day, Democrats in the House of ...
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In 2016, why did the GOP win the House popular vote while Clinton won the popular vote?
Is there an intuitive reason why Hillary Clinton won the popular vote amongst people voting for President, yet the GOP won the popular vote amongst people voting for their Representative in the House? ...
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What happens in the event of a tie for a 12th amendment House vote?
Evan McMullin is running for president, hoping to be elected via the 12th amendment, which would require him to receive at least 1 EC vote, and there to not be a candidate that receives the minimum ...
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What if the Presidency is to be decided by the US House, but the House refuses?
If the electoral college fails to select a majority candidate for President, the US House decides who becomes President, voting by state blocks.
But what if the House simply... doesn't? If the Senate ...
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