What’s the electoral college?

Brut America

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

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