re: #297 Dark_Falcon

The Senate does not elect the president in case the electoral college cannot do so, the House of Representatives does that. The Senate elects the vice president. So if Florida’s electoral votes had not counted in 2000, Gore would still likely have lost. For him, Bush vs. Gore was the end of the line.

In the Presidential electoral tie-breaker in the House, each State gets 1 vote regardless of how many Reps their State has. In that scenario the GOP crushes the Dems.