(02-24-2020 04:14 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-24-2020 02:45 PM)illiniowl Wrote:  Interesting poll showing Trump trailing Sanders (and all other Dems) in hypothetical head-to-head matchups in MI & PA, and beating Sanders -- but by smaller margin than other Dems -- in WI. If MI & PA flip back to blue (as was clearly foreshadowed by the 2018 midterms) but WI stays red, Trump still wins the EC 270-268 . . . unless of course he were to lose any other state that he carried in 2016 (Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arizona...). Also, if ME-2 were to flip back to blue -- and before Trump no Republican had won it since 1988 -- we would have a 269-269 tie and almost assuredly a Democratic House to break the tie.

Except the house vote to break the tie is one vote per state, and republicans still probably control more states. And in case of a tie, the VP goes to the senate, which could be either R or D in that case. So you could have a president from one party and a VP from the other. If it ends up Trump and Stacey the Hutt, I will pray for Trump's health.