# What If a Presidential Candidate Dies?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-presidential-candidate-dies/746182 "2016-02-15T04:16:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-presidential-candidate-dies/746182/21 "2016-02-15T19:40:22Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Much more interesting if the winner died after the election but before the electoral college voted. Or after the electoral college voted but before HR actually counted the ballots.
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> A frightening scenario is this: suppose the Dems in the election but a tea party dominated HR refused to certify the winner?

It is far more frightening that the Democrats have people like Madeline Albright, who says that women who don’t support women (i.e. the one I am working for) deserve to burn in hell. Yup, the worst possible thing that can happen to you, if you don’t think like this former Sectetary of State, and she says it publically.

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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-presidential-candidate-dies/746182/22 "2016-02-15T20:39:57Z")

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> [@Jrubas](#):
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> I was explaining the whole primary/nomination process to my girlfriend, who doesn’t know much about politics, and she posed an interesting question. What would hsppen if a presidential candidate who had already received their party’s nomination died before the general election? The big day’s in November, so let’s say our guy (or gal) died in early October. Would the election be postponed? Would the party have to hold another convention? Would the honor automatically go to the second runner up?

I’ve seen this with senatorial elections and the wife stepped in and won on the sympathy vote.

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