Trivia: Who elects the President if nobody wins the majority of electoral votes?
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Presidential Cabinet
The correct answer is House of Representatives
So why is this answer correct? : In the 1824 presidential election, no candidate won the majority of the Electoral College, despite Andrew Jackson winning a plurality of electoral and popular votes. In instances where no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote, the 12th Amendment stipulates that the election is sent to the House of Representatives. The House ultimately voted to declare John Quincy Adams as President, who named the Speaker of the House Henry Clay as his secretary of state in what Jackson called a “corrupt bargain.”