Republicans can benefit BIG from third party candidates

 

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.

 

Like it or not, this is the reality of our current Electoral system.