# Does Trump really want to win? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 19, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-win/1007453 "2024-09-19T03:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-win/1007453/45 "2024-09-19T20:55:28Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > If some states do this, there may not be enough electoral votes for either candidate, and it will be thrown in the House of Representatives, where he has a majority. No. That’s not how it works. You need a majority of certified electors to win. If the number of certified electors go down, so does the number you need to have that majority. It only goes to the House for a contingency vote if enough votes go to a third party candidate that neither the Republican or Democrat end up with a majority due to a three (or more) way split, or if it ends up being an exact tie between the two candidates. This misinformation seems to come up constantly and has been corrected many times. There’s even an entire thread in P&E inspire by this misinformation. > [@Ignorant election nightmare scenarios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-election-nightmare-scenarios/1006178): > > I don’t know how many time I’ve read an article or online comment from somebody warning that Republicans will refuse to certify some states’ election results and so the House will elect the President. No, the House only votes if no candidate has a majority of submitted electoral votes, and that number is reduced if somehow a state doesn’t certify it’s election so failure to certify = House decides is just wrong. What other scenarios have you read that make you think people need to take a civic… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-win/1007453)._