Extra: 269-269 ... What If There’s An Electoral College Tie?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What happens if there's a tie in the presidential election? Polls continue to show a dead heat between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, both nationally and in key battleground states. There are scenarios where the 538 electoral votes up for grabs this election could be evenly split between the two candidates, resulting in a 269-269 tie. Fox News' senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram recently joined host Dave Anthony to discuss what would happen in this case and how Congress would ultimately decide the presidency. Chad looks back at previous elections where lawmakers chose a president and breaks down the "doomsday" scenarios that could transform the weeks leading up to Inauguration Day into a "hellscape." The conversation was fascinating but too lengthy to fit into our original segment. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with Chad Pergram from FOX News and hear him explain why this could be one of the most unprecedented elections we've ever witnessed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:04.0	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:08.0	Today, something that hasn't happened since America's infancy.
0:14.0	What if the 2024 presidential race ends in a tie?
0:19.0	It's a scenario that is not far-fetched.
0:23.5	The Fox News power rankings that came out the other day
0:25.9	have seven battleground states too close to call.
0:28.9	In the states that are not toss-ups,
0:31.1	Fox projects Vice President Harris has 226 electoral votes.
0:35.6	219 for former President Trump. Whoever ends up with at least 270 will win.
0:46.1	Here's where it could get interesting. Projecting those battleground states. If Trump wins Pennsylvania's 19 votes and Michigan's 15 and either North Carolina or Georgia both have 16
0:57.0	the Trump Electoral College vote total would be 269. Harris would have the same total, winning Arizona and Nevada and
1:07.5	Wisconsin and either North Carolina or Georgia. The result is a tie, which begs the question then what? Congress
1:19.1	would decide. That has not happened in 200 years when the House elected John Quincy Adams, our sixth president,
1:27.0	defeating Andrew Jackson, who had more popular votes and more electoral votes stepped in the House also
1:34.0	for candidates in the 1824 election
1:37.0	Jackson didn't get the majority of electoral votes needed
1:40.0	and then lawmakers stepped in.
1:42.0	The House also decided and then lawmakers stepped in.
1:43.0	The House also decided the 1800 election
1:47.0	after Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr ended up tied.
1:52.0	Back then an electoral vote for president and vice president Aaron Burr ended up tied.
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