US Presidential Election: What happens if the Trump-Kamala Harris fight is tied?

The US presidential election is underway. Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris are running for the presidency. But have you thought about what will happen if neither Trump nor Kamala get the necessary majority of the Electoral College to win the election? Although the probability is very low, such a situation cannot be completely ruled out.

Under the US Constitution, the president is not determined by national popular votes. The Electoral College with 538 members comes to a decision in this regard. The person who receives the support of 270 Electors, an absolute majority, becomes the President of the United States. If Trump and Kamala do not achieve this magic number, the US Congress will make a decisive decision in this regard.

In such a situation, the newly formed House of Representatives will elect the President next January. The Senate will appoint the Vice President. Experts say this would be true even if Kamala wins Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but the left-leaning districts of Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Nebraska support Trump.

A tie between the two candidates would lead to a congressional snap election unprecedented in modern American history. The last time the US Congress had to elect a president was 1800. Four years after this election, the 12th Amendment to the US Constitution was enacted to further clarify the election process.

State. Vote

“Collective elections are where each state gives one vote for the president, regardless of population,” says the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The Electoral College has three votes in a primary. -the US city of Washington. But because Washington is not a state, it cannot vote in a special election. States with two or more representatives must conduct internal polls to decide which the candidate who supports, the CRS report said.

A candidate needs the support of a majority of all 50 states, or 26 votes. This situation currently favors the Republican Party. But special laws related to this must be approved by the House of Representatives. All this is likely to lead to disputes and constitutional crises.

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