In
my preceding article, I explained how it is virtually impossible for a third
party candidate to win more than a handful of Electoral votes. (Please take a
moment to read it if you’re interested.) Thus the candidate cannot win, and at worst
may be a “spoiler” that prevents ANY candidate from obtaining the requisite 270
Electoral votes. That would send the election to the newly elected House of
Representatives.
Quoting
from a Government website:
“If
no candidate receives a majority of Electoral votes, the House of
Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who
received the most Electoral votes. Each state delegation has ONE vote.”
So
let’s examine what that would mean. State by state, the new 2017 House of
Representatives will likely have Republican delegation majorities in 30 to 36
states (the current tally is 36 states), so they will almost certainly elect
the Republican candidate by a final vote count of at least 30 to 20, with 26
votes being the magic number.
