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US Election Series: What if the result is a tie?

We at FxWirePro, continue to believe that Donald Trump is going to be the next President of the United States but most of the analysts think that the race is too close to call. Our forecast is based on our own independent research but even if you don’t do much research ask yourself some pretty basic questions, you would see that Donald Trump has a very good shot at the win.

Ask yourself,

Will Hillary Clinton do better than President Obama did in 2012 among voters that include African American as well? The answer even to a layman would be no. Ask, Will Donald Trump do better than Mitt Romney in 2012? The answer would be yes. In 2012, Obama won by just 3.9 points. Obama carried Ohio, Florida, and Iowa and all these are likely to go trump this year. Trump is likely to win all states Mitt Romney won. That would put the tally; Hillary: 279, Trump: 259. Now, all trump needs to add is win Michigan and he is the next president.

Going by the polls, the race is still Hillary’s. The betting odds projects with more than 80 percent probability a Hillary win. But what if it is a tie?

Then the House of Representatives get to vote on who is going to be the next president. A Republican controlled house is likely to vote for Trump.

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