That can't happen according to this website: (Reply #1)

In the discussion thread: Hypothetical: It's Trump vs. Sanders vs. Bloomberg [View all]

Mon Jan 25, 2016, 11:32 PM

Nye Bevan (25,406 posts)

1. That can't happen according to this website:

What happens if no presidential candidate gets 270 Electoral votes?

If no candidate receives a majority of Electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most Electoral votes. Each state delegation has one vote. The Senate would elect the Vice President from the 2 Vice Presidential candidates with the most Electoral votes. Each Senator would cast one vote for Vice President. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House.

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html#no270

So the House would have to choose between Bernie, Trump and Bloomberg. And it's only one vote per state delegation.

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hypothetical: It's Trump vs. Sanders vs. Bloomberg [View all]	Reter	Jan 2016	OP
That can't happen according to this website:	Nye Bevan	Jan 2016	#1
Exactly.	former9thward	Jan 2016	#3
Yes, my mistake	Reter	Jan 2016	#6
My mistake, I thought the House decides whoever they choose	Reter	Jan 2016	#5
Money trumps democracy, again. Welcome to America	leveymg	Jan 2016	#2
No Bloomberg will only steal urban votes from Bernie and Trump wins....	pipoman	Jan 2016	#4
I think Bloomberg would stand a real chance	BainsBane	Jan 2016	#7
Plus, someone who can get himself elected three times as a Republican in NYC	Nye Bevan	Jan 2016	#8

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