no, that's totally wrong. Gore is prez. of the Senate. The president of the House doesn't really matter unless they neither candidate can't get a mojority in the House, in which case the HOuse majority leader becomes president until they make up their minds. And voting for the President of the US in the House is by state, whi means 4 Rs and 2 Ds from CO means one vote for Bush. If the state delegation deadlocks, they lose their vote. The Senate picks the VP in a deadlocked Electoral College.
The electoral votes have to add up to 538, that's how many there are. The only way no one could reach 270 is if they both get 269, which would send the vote to the House.
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no, that's totally wrong. Gore is prez. of the Senate. The president of the House doesn't really matter unless they neither candidate can't get a mojority in the House, in which case the HOuse majority leader becomes president until they make up their minds. And voting for the President of the US in the House is by state, whi means 4 Rs and 2 Ds from CO means one vote for Bush. If the state delegation deadlocks, they lose their vote. The Senate picks the VP in a deadlocked Electoral College.
The electoral votes have to add up to 538, that's how many there are. The only way no one could reach 270 is if they both get 269, which would send the vote to the House.