POLITICS SIMPLIFIED

• WHEN YOU VOTE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED THE "ELECTORS"

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• EACH STATE IS GIVEN A "POINT" VALUE BASED ON ITS POPULATION (AMOUNT OF ELECTORS)

  • THE VALUE IS CALCULATED BY TAKING THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES (which is based on population) A STATE HAS AND THEN ADDING TWO IN ORDER TO REPRESENT THE STATE'S SENATORS

    • FOR EXAMPLE: CALIFORNIA HAS 53 REPRESENTATIVES and 2 SENATORS, therefore, CALIFORNIA IS "worth" 55 ELECTORAL POINTS ​

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• IN 48 STATES, INCLUDING DC, THE WINNER OF THE MOST VOTES, EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE MAJORITY, RECEIVES ALL OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES 

  • MAINE AND NEBRASKA USE A DIFFERENT PROCESS. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, CLICK HERE. ​

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• TO WIN, THE CANDIDATE HAS TO COLLECT 270 ELECTORAL VOTES

  • IN 2016, DONALD TRUMP COLLECTED 304 ELECTORAL VOTES WHILE HILLARY CLINTON TRAILED WITH ONLY 232​

    • IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE 2016 ELECTION, CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU TO THE NEW YORK TIME'S REPORT ON THE ELECTION. ​

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• CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS VOX VIDEO EXPLAINING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

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