If Trump and Biden die of Covid,

[Pryderi]

what happens? President Pelosi?

[LakeArenal]

1. That's insane. Not going to happen.

[LuckyCharms]

13. One thing I learned in 2016...

Never say never.

[LakeArenal]

15. Yes but 2020 is not 2016.20.

[Stargleamer]

2. Have you forgot about Pence? n/t

[Snake Plissken]

3. We get stuck with Mother's husband for a few months and then whoever is Speaker of the House

in the next Congress, until we have an election.

[Blue_true]

25. No. The election would go on as scheduled. Pence would become President right

away, but if Biden’s ticket wins, Kamala would become President-elect and would take office on Jan 21, 2021. There would not be another primary season and no one would be substituted in, regardless of how many primary votes that person got.

[NutmegYankee]

4. I presume the Veeps would still lead their tickets.

And a new VP would be appointed after the election.

[BootinUp]

5. Are u a horror movie buff by chance?

I hadnt considered your hypothetical,

[Statistical]

6. Constitution Crisis? You don't actually vote for Biden/Trump you vote for electors ...

Technically you don't vote for Biden. You vote for electors who have pledged to vote for Biden. Those electors can vote differently so if Biden electors win and Biden dies before the electoral college convenes in Dec they could collectively cast votes for Harris (or anyone) as President. if that person whomever he/she is gets 270 EV they are President. If nobody gets 270 EV (maybe the electors on the winning side fragment) then it is up to the House to decide. If the House can't reach a vote where a single candidate gets 26 votes (1 per state) then Pelosi becomes President.

However this has never happened before so it almost certainly would go to the Supreme Court.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. The vote still happens and either Pence or Harris becomes President.

As already noted, you don't ever vote directly for the candidates, only for the electors.

If that were to happen, at some point, before or after Nov 3, a new stand-in VP would be selected. Well, perhaps it wouldn't happen until after January 20, 2021.

It might be helpful to review what happened when Spiro Agnew resigned the Vice-Presidency October 10, 1973. It cleared the way for a moderate VP, Gerald Ford, which made the impeachment and resignation of Richard Nixon possible.

There is always a plan of succession.

[Blue_true]

21. Pence would become President immediately, if her ticket wins, Kamala

would become President-elect and would need to vet and choose a VP.

[Hekate]

8. Shut. Up.

[Pryderi]

9. Bernie had more delegates than Kamala or Pelosi. n/t

[JI7]

14. Sanders lost the Primary by a huge amount while running 5 years .

[Hekate]

18. WTF does that even mean? The Speaker of the House is next in line, period.

What are you peddling?

[regnaD kciN]

24. Look, I've been a big-time Sanders supporter both this year and in 2016, but give it a rest...

No, if the nominees die before the election, the parties don't go back and award it to the next-highest vote-getter in the primaries.

And, sometimes, someone ascends to the presidency without winning a primary contest. For that matter, Gerald Ford became president without ever winning a nationwide election of any kind, only the one for his particular congressional district in Michigan.

[coti]

10. We immediately split into 7 regional nation-states, based on a round-robin ro sham beaux nt

[LisaL]

11. How about you stop staying things like about Biden?

NT

[JI7]

16. He is hoping Sanders somehow ends up President

[LisaL]

23. Figures.

NT

[ecstatic]

12. It's a valid question, I'm afraid.

We're in the middle of an unchecked pandemic and both men are in their 70s.

IMHO, in that scenario, Beto should join the ticket with Kamala.

[Nevilledog]

17. Well, that escalated quickly.

[Hekate]

19. Yeah, it makes you wonder why.

[Blue_true]

20. No. The VP of whichever ticket wins becomes President on Jan 21, 2021

minimum. Until then, Pence would be President.

[SlogginThroughIt]

22. Bernie still doesn't become president.