Explainer: What happens if the U.S. election ends in a tie?

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Explainer: What happens if the U.S. election ends in a tie?  Did you know the U.S. election could end in a tie? If each candidate ends up with 269 Electoral College votes, the decision moves to Congress. Curious how they’d choose the next president and vice president? Watch to see how it all unfolds.   #USElection #ElectoralCollege #US #America #Trump #Harris

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00:00What if nobody wins the U.S. election?

00:03Sounds crazy, but it could happen. If each candidate ends up with exactly

00:08269 electoral college votes, there's no clear winner. So what happens next?

00:13The U.S. Constitution steps in and Congress takes over.

00:17But here's where it gets interesting. The House of Representatives votes to decide the president.

00:22But instead of each representative getting a vote, each state only gets one vote.

00:26That's right. Big states like California and tiny ones like Wyoming get equal say. Whoever wins a majority,

00:3326 states, becomes president.

00:36Meanwhile, the Senate picks the vice president, with each senator casting an individual vote.

00:41This means it's possible to end up with a president from one party and a vice president from the other.

00:46Long story short, a tie could bring some big drama to Washington. So the question is, who's got the tiebreaker up their sleeve?

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