SO CLOSE, SOME ANALYSTS SAY AN
ELECTORAL COLLEGE TIE IS A
POSSIBILITY.
SO, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE
IS A
TIE? NEWSCHANNEL 15'S ALYSSA
IVANSON IS
TAKING US BACK TO CIVICS CLASS,
AND HAS THE
ANSWER FROM STUDIO 15.
CONGRESS WOULD CHOOSE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
AND ONE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF A
TIE WOULD BE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
A ROMENY -
BIDEN WHITE HOUSE.
ANALYSTS SAY THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE IS CLOSE - AND YOU CAN'T
GET MUCH
CLOSER THAN A TIE.
58:52 MIKE WOLF: WE'RE IN A
PARTISAN AGE AND A COUNTRY THAT
MOST OF THE STATES ARE NOT
SHOWDOWN STATES SO AS A
CONSEQUENCE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
MOVE
VERY MANY OF THESE SHOWDOWN
STATES TO GET THIS SITUATION..
IPFW PROFESSOR MIKE WOLF SAYS
THE ELECTION COMING DOWN TO A
FEW TOSS
UP STATES ISN'T SURPRISING - AND
IN A TIGHT RACE - AN ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
TIE ISN'T IMPOSSIBLE.
53:33 MIKE
PROBABILITY OF THAT IS UNDER TEN
PERCENT, BUT UNDER TEN PERCENT
IS STILL
A POSSIBILITY.
PLAY AROUND WITH DIFFERENT
SCENARIOS ON AN ELECTORAL
COLLEGE CALCULATOR - AND A TIE
ISN'T TOO HARD
TO CREATE.
THAT'S JUST WHAT ALLEN COUNTY
RECORDER JOHN MCGAULEY DID.
HE ONLY CHANGED THE OUTCOMES IN
NINE DIFFERENT STATES AND THE
ELECTION ENDED UP IN A TIE FIVE
DIFFERENT TIMES.
44:15 JOHN YOU START PUTTING
SOME OF THOSE STATS THE WAY
POLLS MAY BE TRENDING THE WAY
THEY MAYBE HAVE GONE BEFORE
AND YOU START COMING UP WITH THE
BREATHTAKING ANSWER THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE CLOSE.
VERY, VERY CLOSE IT WOULD BE THE
FIRST TIE SINCE 18-
HUNDRED - AND THE FIRST EVER
UNDER CURRENT PROCEDURES.
HERE'S
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THE NEWLY- ELECTED HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
WOULD PICK THE PRESIDENT - EACH
STATE GETTING ONE VOTE.
54:20 MIKE IT WOULD LIKELY END
UP TO MITT ROMNEY
THE SENATE WOULD CHOOSE THE VICE
PRESIDENT.
56:25 MIKE THE PRESIDING OFFICER
IN THE
SENATE WOULD BE THE CURRENT VICE
PRESIDENT SO IF THERE WERE TO BE
A
TIE, THE CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT
WOULD LIKELY VOTE FOR HIMSELF SO
WE
COULD HAVE ROMNEY AS PRESIDENT
AND BIDEN AS VICE PRESIDENT
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN
PREDICITONS, YOU CAN FIND A LINK
TO
AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE CALCULATOR
IN THIS STORY ON WANE DOT COM.
IN STUDIO 15, ALYSSA IVANSON,
NEWSCHANNEL 15.
