Who actually picks the next president of the U.S.? For many of us, the answer is not so clear...
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00:00Have you heard of the Electoral College?
00:02What is the Electoral College?
00:04Sorry?
00:06The Electoral College
00:08I don't know
00:24You have to vote
00:26and then whoever gets the most votes
00:28you know, becomes the President
00:30Nope
00:32Can you take a wild guess as to what it is?
00:34Electoral
00:36What's the other word you said?
00:38Do you know how to describe it?
00:40I'm not really sure
00:42The Electoral College is the current system
00:44by which Americans elect the President of the United States
00:46So the way it works
00:48is every state
00:50doesn't actually directly elect
00:52a President
00:54They elect what are called electors
00:56from the state
00:58who then
01:00technically go on
01:02after regular people like you and I
01:04have voted, to then vote
01:06for the Presidential candidate
01:08of their choice
01:26How does the Electoral College work?
01:30So every state
01:32has a certain number
01:34of electoral votes and if
01:36a certain candidate wins a state
01:38then that candidate gets all the electoral votes
01:40from that state
01:42How does the Electoral College work?
01:44The Electoral College
01:46is the current system
01:48by which Americans elect the President of the United States
01:50So the way it works
01:52is every state
01:54has a certain number
01:56of electoral votes
01:58from the state
02:00who then
02:02directly elects
02:04a President
02:06of the United States
02:08Let's say Hillary was the popular vote
02:10but because certain states have
02:12I guess more poll
02:14that
02:16whatever they voted
02:18gets more of a say
02:20I don't know, that's the simplest terms that I can explain it
02:22How does the Electoral College work?
02:24So every state
02:26has a certain number
02:28of electoral votes
02:30from the state
02:32who then
02:34directly elects
02:36a President
02:38of the United States
02:40How does the Electoral College work?
02:42So every state
02:44has a certain number
02:46of electoral votes
02:48from the state
02:50How does the Electoral College work?
02:52So every state
02:54has a certain number
02:56of electoral votes
02:58from the state
03:00who then
03:02directly elects
03:04a President
03:06of the United States
03:08How does the Electoral College work?
03:10So every state
03:12has a certain number
03:14of electoral votes
03:16from the state
03:18How does the Electoral College work?
03:20So every state
03:22has a certain number
03:24of electoral votes
03:26from the state
03:28How does the Electoral College work?
03:30I think that it's outdated
03:32I think that this is
03:34a major topic of discussion in the United States
03:36because it really disenfranchises
03:38a lot of voters