Originally Posted by
Mesabah
In the House, each state only gets one vote. It's 50 votes, not 232-197, Republicans hold 26 states, Dems 24.
It looks like they need a quorum of 2/3 of the states to proceed in that process. The Republicans can’t reach that 2/3 without Democrat states defecting.
But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice.
In either case, I have a decent amount of confidence the adults in these legislatures won’t burn down the country and start a civil war just to force through a guy that lost by 5.2M votes. In 2024 the problem may be resolved by the bi-partisan National Popular Vote Compact which is only 73 electoral votes away from going into effect.
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation