re: Independent candidates: What if...?

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Only partially. The House can only consider the top 3 electoral vote winners. Using the primaries as a guide, that would almost certainly be Clinton, Trump, and Cruz - with the result being President Cruz.

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Did not know that part about only the top 3. Good find.

But, since the states vote en bloc, and it requires a majority, I really don't know how that would pan out. I don't see Trump or Cruz deferring to each other, nor do I see Clinton dropping out. I could see her coming in last, simply because of the power of smaller mid-continent states (generally more conservative), but, again, I don't see the logjam getting broken by the candidates themselves. The dealmaking would be off the charts.