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OK, OK, so it's not likely.
But, it is possible. Here's how:
It's a tie.
From USA Today
But, it is possible. Here's how:
President Obama wins the states now solidly or leaning Democratic, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, while Mitt Romney wins the states now solidly or leaning Republican, including North Carolina.Then assume Obama wins New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin. Romney wins Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada and Virginia.
269-269.
It's a tie.
The 12th Amendment of the Constitution specifies what would happen next. If no candidate wins a majority of the Electoral College — that's happened just once, in the 1824 election — the presidential contest would be thrown to the House of Representatives. Each state delegation would get a single vote, determined by the state's new congressional delegation.Likely winner: Romney, since 33 state delegations are now controlled by Republicans.
The Senate would choose the new vice president from the two top finishers in the Electoral College. That election is harder to predict, given that Republicans hope to gain a majority in the new Senate. Democrats and their independent allies now control the Senate, 53-47.
One even-more-distant prospect: If the Senate deadlocks 50-50 on a new vice president, the person breaking a tie would be Vice President Biden — who could, of course, vote for himself.
Welcome to the Romney-Biden administration.
From USA Today