RFK Sees Path to Victory by Forcing House to Elect President

Published on January 20, 2024

To win the 2024 election as an independent, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is firstly hoping for an outright win, but the second path to victory is to make sure no other candidate wins. If no candidate reaches 270 electoral votes in a presidential election, the winner is decided by the House of Representatives, where each state gets one vote. The House has picked the president twice in American history. In 1800, Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson were deadlocked after the electoral votes were counted. The House cast their ballots to elect President Jefferson, who received 61 percent of the popular vote. The second instance happened in 1824, when none of the four presidential candidates received an electoral vote majority. The House elected John Quincy Adams on Feb. 9, 1825....