Question

What happens if no one gets a majority of the electoral votes

Answer 1

Answer:

House of Rep members would elect the president and the senate would elect the vice president.

Explanation:

If no candidate receives the higher percentage of the electoral votes, then the presidential election would rightly leave the instituted electoral college process and then move to the congress for conclusion of the process.  

The house of representative would look at the three presidential candidates before them, who have received the most electoral votes that were caste. The house of rep. members would then elect the president from them. For any candidate to be elected, he or she must receive at least 26 votes.

The senate on their won, would elect the person to serve as the vice president from the two vice presidential candidates to be presented before them, who must have the highest number of the electoral votes. A candidate can only win if she or he receives a minimum of 51 votes.

If the house of representative fails to elect a present, then the vice present elect would serve as the acting president, pending when the issues in the house on electing a president would be resolved.

Answer 2

Answer:

The House will select the president by majority vote

Explanation:

By virtue of the 12th Amendment, if no candidate get the majority of the electoral votes the decision will be thrown to the House of Representatives and the House then selects the president by majority vote with each state delegation receiving one vote to cast for the three candidates. Among this three candidate the house will select the one that receive the most electoral votes.