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How many electoral votes are needed to win? What happens if there is a tie in the Electoral College? How often has it happened in the past, and how was the deadlock broken?

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1) 270
2) The election will be left up to the House of Representatives, and the choice for vide president is left up to the senate
3) On feb 17, 1801, the House of Representatives broke the tie making Thomas Jefferson president.
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