Timeline for What is the most possible candidates that could tie for the US President in the Electoral College
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| Jan 6, 2022 at 0:43 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | Note that California lost an electoral vote in 2020, and now has 54. While the overall answer of "nine candidates" is probably still correct, the answers showing examples of electoral vote apportionment would have to change. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:54 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| S Dec 10, 2016 at 17:01 | history | edited | Rand al'Thor♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Explain the asterisks.
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| S Dec 10, 2016 at 17:01 | history | suggested | dan04 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2016 at 6:30 | answer | added | mathmandan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 10, 2016 at 5:39 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @PeterTaylor Yes. Electors are selected by the party or candidate that won a state's electoral votes, and that party or candidate would be free to replace a dead one. I don't know if it's ever happened, though. | |
| Dec 10, 2016 at 5:27 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | What happens if an elector dies just before the vote? Are they substituted? | |
| Dec 10, 2016 at 0:38 | comment | added | aroth | Depending upon how you mean "tie", the answer is potentially infinite. It takes an absolute majority to win the electoral college. You could have 270 candidates, and give one of them 269 votes and the other 269 candidates 1 vote each, and it will be the case that nobody wins the electoral college. Every candidate loses (and then Congress gets to appoint whomever they want), and in that sense it's a 270-way tie. Assuming no faithless electors and not counting zero-vote candidates, the answer is 53. | |
| Dec 9, 2016 at 23:02 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | Technically speaking, the answer is actually the same as the number of electoral votes, since each elector has the right to cast their vote for anyone, regardless of which party or candidate their state awards electors to. Electors who vote contrary to whom their state awarded them to are known as faithless electors. | |
| Dec 9, 2016 at 18:53 | vote | accept | Chad | ||
| Dec 9, 2016 at 17:51 | answer | added | Michael Seifert | timeline score: 9 | |
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| Dec 9, 2016 at 17:35 | answer | added | Sconibulus | timeline score: 14 | |
| Dec 9, 2016 at 17:34 | comment | added | John | Just for further clarity, D.C. is also winner take all for its 3 electoral votes. I'm not sure this question isn't simply a math question. | |
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| Dec 9, 2016 at 17:11 | comment | added | Chad | Sorry I am unfamiliar with the tags here so feel free to set the proper flags | |
| Dec 9, 2016 at 17:10 | history | asked | Chad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |