Name: 大統領選挙が引き分けで終わった場合はどうなるのか？ (What Happens If A Presidential Election Ends In A Tie?)
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The 2016 Democratic Iowa Caucus saw the closest result in Iowa history.

Less than three-tenths of a percent separated Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.

Additionally, Clinton won in six tied precincts by way of a coin toss.

Such a close start to the race made us want to know what would happen if this trend made

What would happen if two presidential candidates tied?

Well, while this may seem unlikely, it is actually easier than many people think.

The reason is that the US population does not actually elect their president, but rather,

state representatives do via the electoral college.

Basically, each state has a given number of “electors”, which vary based on the population

Some very populated states like California wield 55 electoral votes, while sparser states

Moreover, if a candidate gets even slightly more votes in a state, they get ALL of that

This basic process is written into Article Two of the US Constitution.

At the time there were fewer states, fewer people, and an odd rule where the winner of

the election became president, and the second runner up became vice president.

When the results came out, both Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr had received 73 electoral votes

To break the tie, the House of Representatives voted amongst themselves, and eventually crowned

This unprecedented situation led to the twelfth amendment, which changed both the way presidents

and vice presidents are picked, as well as the procedure in case of a tie.

The biggest difference the 12th amendment brought was that when the House would vote

on a tie for President, instead of states having a proportional number of votes, each

So now, California’s nearly 39-million-person population equaled Wyoming’s 580,000 in

But even if there isn’t a tie, a close race can still be difficult.

In the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, both candidates were short just

The final state which would decide the race was Florida, with 25 electoral votes.

Florida’s tally showed a difference of less than 1000 individual votes, pushing Gore to

demand a recount of several important counties.

However, the Supreme Court overruled the recount as unconstitutional, and reverted the election

It also brought about one of the strongest arguments against the electoral college.

Despite winning the largest number of electoral votes by a margin of just 537 individual votes

in Florida, Bush actually got half a million fewer votes in the overall election than Gore.

To this day this election is one of the most contentious in US history.

In the end, an actual tie, or even getting close to a tie, would lead to some fairly

Although, perhaps that’s not entirely surprising.

The United States is, by definition, not a true democracy, but in fact, a constitutional

What exactly is a constitutional republic?

Well, you can find out by watching this video all about American Democracy.

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