Talk:Contingent election

in fiction section

I think there's been adequate coverage by reliable sources of contingent elections in fiction. They mention contingent elections in covering the fiction. To name three examples:

• Veep
• House of Cards
• The Last Election

Cartoondiablo (talk) 04:42, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

A list of fictional / popular culture portrayals of contingent elections should't be included simply because they exist. Drdpw (talk) 15:12, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

This isn't simply that they exist but that they're covered by reliable sources. Cartoondiablo (talk) 08:40, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Misleading text

"During a contingent election in the House, each state delegation votes en bloc to choose the president instead of representatives voting individually. Senators, by contrast, cast votes individually for vice president."

This phrasing is ambiguous to the point of being, I gather, misleading. According to a writer who claims expertise, writing here and here, each House delegation does not merely vote en bloc (presumably after the members decide amongst themselves), it casts a single vote, not a group of identical votes each of which is by one member of the delegation. From the first cited article: "Each state delegation in the House of Representatives is given a single vote for president. Each state delegation in the Senate is given a single vote for vice-president." Harfarhs (talk) 11:40, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Terminology

Although this topic is obviously worthy of a Wikipedia article, I don't believe the term "contingent election" is commonly used. I don't dispute that the term "contingent election" exist, but is it the best title for this article? Thank you, Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:49, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Top google search results for contingent election show that the term is commonly used for the election of the U.S. president and vice president by Congress. The term is also in the Constitution, and was used on the three occasions when Congress held such an election. So yes, it is probably the best title for the article. Drdpw (talk) 02:15, 9 February 2025 (UTC)