Who elects the president if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes?

If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each state delegation has one vote. The Senate elects the Vice President from the two vice presidential candidates with the most electoral votes.

How is a president chosen when none of the candidates?

If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Presidential election leaves the Electoral College process and moves to Congress. The House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes.

What would happen if only one person ran for President?

If only one ran, only one would get electoral votes, and only one who would be president. This has happened before. George Washington was unanimously declared president by the electoral college. That being said, it will never happen. It is like asking, what would happen if all men in the US decided not to vote and only women did?

What happens if no president or vice president runs for office?

In the event that no one ran for president, thus no president or vice president would be put in to office, I would assume the United States presidential line of succession would kick in. If there is no President capable of serving, the chain of command is passed to the vice president.

What happens if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes?

The rules of the process are dictated by the 12th Amendment. “If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the president from the three presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes,” the National Archives explains. “Each state delegation has one vote.”.

What does it mean to run for President?

Technically speaking, then, “running for President” is just a collection of things that someone does in order to convince people to vote for their party’s chosen electors, who will then dutifully vote for their person*, along with their chosen running mate for Vice President. Remember that when you vote, you don’t actually vote for President.