A three- or four-way split of the major parties may cause long-unused parts of the Constitution to be exercised. In most states, the electors are required to vote for the candidate to whom they are pledged. Thus, it is possible that no candidate will receive a majority from the Electoral College. In this case, the House of Representatives must elect the president, voting as states, a procedure which has not been used since 1824. In the present House of Representatives, the delegation from most states is Republican, and most observers think this will continue to be so after the 2016 election. Of these, my guess is that most are Establishment rather than Trump / Tea Party types. So there is hope for ‘JEB!’ even if he comes in third.
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