The video presents a simple explanation of America’ Electoral College and how the country’s new president is picked.Americans vote for people called ‘electors’ in their state who are supporting the candidate they want to become president – this process is called the ‘Electoral College’.
The more people who live in a state, the more electors there are for that state. So California for example, with a population of 38.8 million, has 55 votes – while Delaware, (pop. 936,000), has just three votes.
There are currently 538 electors in total, corresponding to the 435 Representatives (congressmen and women) and 100 Senators, plus the three additional electors from the District of Columbia. The Constitution prohibits any federal official, elected or appointed, from being an elector.
The candidate with the most electors wins all the state’s electoral college votes and the first candidate to win enough states to get to 270 electoral votes is elected to that office.