The dead-heat 2024 election could yield a rare outcome: an Electoral College tie between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, regarded by many strategists as a “nightmare scenario.”
To win the presidency, a candidate must receive 270 electoral votes. However, with polling showing Harris and Trump within the margin of error of each other in several key battleground states, it is possible the election could yield a “contingent election,” where no one receives 270 votes.
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If the election resulted in a 269-269 tie in the Electoral College, the presidential election would be placed in the hands of Congress. With the House voting based on state delegations, and the Senate voting as individual senators, the outcome of 2024 down-ballot races could have monumental effects.
