just a reminder from April of 2016

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Peter Szerlagi <[email protected]> wrote:
> from the Electoral College article at Wikipedia
>
> The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes
> (currently 270) for the office of president or of vice president is
> elected to that office. The Twelfth Amendment provides for what
> happens if the Electoral College fails to elect a president or vice
> president. If no candidate receives a majority for president, then the
> House of Representatives will select the president, with each state
> delegation (instead of each representative) having only one vote. If
> no candidate receives a majority for vice president, then the Senate
> will select the vice president, with each senator having one vote. On
> four occasions, most recently in 2000, the Electoral College system
> has resulted in the election of a candidate who did not receive the
> most popular votes in the election.[6][7]
>
> -------------------------
>
> I guess we need to know what the makeup of the House will be in Jan
> 2017 and we need to know which way each state delegation will vote. I
> wonder how they decide on their vote?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress

33 states now have Republican majorities in the House of Reps - but
some states have just 1 member - some could go either way I suppose -
and a couple of states have even splits - and some states have close
splits of R vs D

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