What happens if no candidate receives at least 270 votes from the electoral college? conduct research of secondary sources to assist you. the constitution states that a new election must be organized and the process start over. the president becomes the candidate with the hightest popular vote, as determined by the founding fathers. the state legistlatures convene to select the president and vice president. the house of representatives elects the president and the senate elects the vice president.

The 538 members of the Electoral College cast their votes for President and Vice President in meetings held in the 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia in mid-December of presidential election years. If all 538 electors are appointed, 270 electoral votes (i.e., a majority of 538 members of the Electoral College) are required to elect the President and the Vice President.

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roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.