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Genuine question: Is it possible for neither democrat/republican to win an overall majority?

For example, what happened to the British government the last time Theresa May called a general election. It was almost like a vote of no confidence.

It's possible to write anyone's name down. It's also possible to vote for independent candidates. This may differ state-to-state.

Sure, but I guess what I'm asking is, does a party have to reach a certain number of electoral colleges to win?

For example, our conservative party once had the most votes, but it wasn't enough seats in parliament for them to actually win. A party needs enough seats to claim a win, not just be voted for more than another party.

Is there any equivalent of this in the US? Or is it simply, whoever has the most, wins? Even if votes are so dispersed among independents that the largest majority is a win of 20% of the total overall votes.

I hope that makes sense?

Tl;dr - Is it possible for the US to have the equivalent of a "hung parliament"?