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Originally Posted by JPhillips
dola
Just saw a depressing possibility(luckily quite a longshot).
Dem wins by a few million votes.
269-269 electoral college tie.
Dems retain majority in the House,
But, GOP has a majority of states.
So, a minority of GOP House Reps elect Trump as President.
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I'm not sure, but I think it's the incoming House that votes, not the outgoing. So if Dems retained the majority, they could, in theory, also gain a majority of state delegations.
That said, they probably didn't have as good a day as THAT if the EC is split.