[quote=zk]This is just crazy, and highly unlikely, but a 4-way race would be fascinating. Clinton vs. Rubio vs. Trump vs. Bloomberg. I think Bloomberg would have a real shot in that race. Or any race he’s in, really.[/quote]
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.
[quote=zk]Then I read the about the twelfth amendment, which includes this:
The person having the greatest number of [electoral] votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote…
Am I reading that wrong? If no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes, than it no longer matters who the people voted for? And even if the representatives from each state were conscientious enough to vote for the candidate who won their state’s popular vote, Wyoming and Alaska and Alabama added up would count the same as California, New York, and Texas added up?
Please tell me I’m reading that wrong.[/quote]
