Could There be an Electoral College Tie?

“The likelihood that President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will each net 269 electoral votes in November, instead of the 270 needed to win, is actually not so farfetched — and for close observers of the Electoral College system, a tie would set off a wave of constitutional and political mayhem that would make the 2000 Florida recount seem like a tidy affair,” CNN reports.

“A quick reading of the electoral map shows that the prospect is startlingly real.”

Of course, predictions of an Electoral College tie may be just as elusive as the predictions of a brokered convention earlier this year.