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What happens if the electoral vote is a tie? If the candidates tie at 269 electors each, the election turns to the House of Representatives. ... In 2020, for example, Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by ...
In 2020, President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to defeat Trump, who had 232 electoral votes. The system, mandated by the U.S. Constitution, was a compromise between the nation's founders ...
Pennsylvania is considered crucial to the outcome of the race, as it boasts the most electoral votes (19) of any of the battlegrounds. The state cemented President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 ...
In the 2020 election, both Nebraska and Maine split their electoral votes, following the same pattern of congressional district differences that were seen in 2008 and 2016 respectively: Nebraska's 2nd congressional district voted for Democrat Joe Biden while the remainder of the state voted for Republican Donald Trump; and Maine's 2nd ...
The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 117th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6–7, 2021, was held as the final step to confirm then President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election over incumbent President Donald Trump.
A tie in the Electoral College, while slim, is still possible. Here's what to expect should a tie occur. What happens if there is a tie in the Electoral College?
The table's "runner-up" column shows the number of electoral votes for the candidate receiving the second highest number of combined electoral votes, and thus was elected vice president, for each of these elections except for the 1800 United States presidential election, which ended in a tie between two candidates – the presidential and vice ...
One other potential scenario looms this fall: the "contingent election" of the president and the vice president that would happen if no one can secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the ...