You do remember this factor correct? In a 4 person race the odds are probably even higher for congress to get the privilege of electing the next president.
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Yes, I do remember. It’s a shame that, in any 3-or-more-way race, it’s not unlikely that the people will not end up electing the president. When something as important as the selection of the president is involved, an outdated amendment (or provision of the original constitution) that takes away the power of the people’s votes should be fixed.
If it’s Clinton vs. Trump vs. Rubio, and Clinton (or Trump) wins the popular vote, with Rubio coming in a not-very-strong third, and Rubio ends up being elected by the house (not unlikely), I think you’ll see a lot of people surprised that that’s the process, and then I think you’ll see a lot of consternation that that’s the process, and then I think you’ll see an outcry about that being the process, and then I think you’ll see a strong push to fix that part of the election process. But, with Rubio in office, and that process heavily favoring conservatives, I think you’ll see that push fail. Until a democrat is in office, at which point it will succeed. It shouldn’t be about democrat vs. republican, it should be about the will of the people. But it’s not about the will of the people. And that needs to be fixed.
