Does Your Vote Count? How the US’ Electoral College Works | US Elections 2024

[@intervineas]

technically not quite right - the 538 electors come from the 100 senators + the {435} representatives in the House + 3 special delegates from the District of Columbia, which is treated as an honorary state at the electoral college

[@leanonme1065]

I was about to ask this question Thanks for your explanation

[@RaymondHng]

The Twenty-third Amendment from 1961 granted the federal District of Columbia three electors, bringing the total number of electors to 538. DC was able to vote in the presidential election for the first time in 1964.

[@RaymondHng]

Also, Nebraska and Maine give one electoral vote for the winner of each congressional state plus two electoral votes for the state's winner.

[@JNP-c1h]

US should start with implementing ID requirement for voting. Otherwise it's open to rigging.

[@AussieBoyInDenver]

There is no evidence to (last survey was analysis of 50 billion voting records) to suggest that any rigging has ever occurred. I think there were 7 instances in 2020 of people not voting legally (they stole ballots or voted on behalf of a relative or dead person), but 7 is a very small number.

[@jeffjeff3275]

That's stupid the system is already corrupted Within

[@vishaltripathi6996]

Factually incorrect, Not all US states give electoral colleges based on popular votes

[@RaymondHng]

Which states?

[@Mark_8gains]

@@RaymondHngNebraska and Maine split their votes

[@astirmichael]

We are a collection of States not a collection of people we are a constitutional republic not a democracy we are not America we are the united state of America or the collection of States of America not the collection of people of America again not a democracy a constitutional republic

[@anandhuvishnu6986]

Nebraska ,maine

[@marx41mans]

It doesnt make the whole video "factually inccorect" because a general, overall statement was given and the narrator didnt mention the outliers of maine and nebraska specifically....someone who knows that would probably understand the electoral college process better and would have come acroos that "fact" already....this video is for people that need to have a basic understanding of the process, bit knowing that 2 out of 50 stare operate slightly different doesnt change the broad level knowledge of the process...or make the while video "factually inncorect" because maine and nebraska were not mentioned in detail.

[@DavidCox-cr1uo]

The Electoral College prevents big blue cities on the coasts from constantly forcing their prerogatives on the lesser-populated states. It provides a balance and prevents the establishment of permanent regional powers, ignoring the needs and wishes of vast swathes of the country. Urban voters from highly concentrated areas may have different values and lifestyles than those in less concentrated, largely rural areas. In fact, our political maps bear this out. It is a check and a balance against regional hegemony, and ultimately, it better reflects the totality of American life and experience.

[@AussieBoyInDenver]

Well one should be careful that we count people, not area, in voting

[@DavidCox-cr1uo]

@@AussieBoyInDenver@AussieBoyInDenver Well, the Electoral College system accounts for not the area per se but the cultural and economic prerogatives of the "little people" (those with fewer numbers). It prevents the shift to less stable forms of government, such as pure democracies, which run the risk of institutional capture by the bureaucratic state through the welfare and crony corporate apparatus. The founders foresaw regional hegemony and sought to provide a check and balance to mitigate it somewhat.

[@janemccool257]

I think Trump believes he has the Electoral College in his pocket. This is why he is letting it all out with only a little over a week to voting.

[@marx41mans]

But thats not what the Electoral College was designed for in its original form back 200 years ago when it was created. It was designed to give the UNINFORMED people a say in the voting process, but that uninformed were originally people that were eligible to vote...which where land owning white men, uy leveled the field for THEM! Fast forward to modern times (post 1920s) you dont have to own land to qualify, EVERYONE can cast a vot...and MORE importantly EVERYONE can be educated and INFORMED about political issues and events at the local, state, and upper governmental levels at ANY time! This was NOT possible in the times the electoral college was created...there were no motorized vehicals, no tv and radio, no nationwide newspapers, and no speed of the internet to reach millions in seconds....basically if you want to be INFORMED about politics and cast well educated votes, you absolutly CAN in modern times! So what the electoral college helped fix in past times doesnt appy NOW because "the people" can be in the light of politics if they CHIOSE to be, the information to make descions is availabke to everyone FAST....unlike 200yrs ago whennit only applied to land iwning white men who had to wait months for someone to bring a ketter on horseback to tell them something that went on in washington dc months prior! Get it? The electoral college is antiquated, especially in a modern society when 89-90% of people in the country go through a school system and cab read and write...that ALSO definitely was NOT the case when the electroal cillege was created...even amongst those land owning white men! With todays literacy rates and modern technologies...the electoral college needs to be scrapped for a new method of tallying an accurate voting process.

[@LadyIsolse4161]

How is it a helpful if the delegates vote against the will of the little people they represent?

[@jimwillockx2278]

In my opinion, I think that ti is long time to stop using the Electoral Collage and use the popular vote.

[@parv3y092]

People should have to take a test in order to vote some sort of iq test or something 🙄

[@BradleyRussman-o2m]

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[@MrNappy101]

Thank you that was short and clear

[@reneeharper4863]

It seems like power insted of the people. I was happy I voted today now I feal like it didn't matter. 😢

[@AshliMontgomery-p6z]

Right now electoral college our votes are worthless which is why I'm not even bothering.

[@BrianAper]

Constitutionally, all state legislatures could appoint the electors directly and not let the people have a voice. Instead, each state legislature appoints electors using a popular vote. I sure wouldn't call that worthless.

[@LindsayJacobs-ok2jo]

There are several inaccuracies in this video...

[@latvialava6644]

RIP democracy

[@astirmichael]

We don't live in a democracy we live in a constitutional republic

[@marshall2368]

@@astirmichael The election process initially was supposed to be a republic process because of the electoral college. In the eyes of the founding fathers this would help preserve Liberty for the new country they created, our United States. They figured that the totality of the American people voting directly for president could compromise liberty because sometimes the people do vote for what is not best for the country. This direct form of voting is the democratic form. The original idea was the Republic form where the people vote for the state legislature and the state legislature vote for the electors for each state. And then the electors vote freely for whoever they think should be president. I guess they thought this way would filter out all of the bad candidates. Apparently the founding fathers thought that the electors would not be able to come to a consensus the majority of the time, leaving the house of representatives to choose one of the top 5 presidential candidates. They thought this would be the best way to elect a president and that plan backfired on them because electors were actually deciding the elections like they are today. And because of that electors are voted in not because of their ability to choose the best candidate but because of the party they represent. Thus making it more of a popular or "Democratic" vote unlike they intended. The voting process is not 100% Democratic but I believe its as close as we can afford it to be. Maybe the "Democratic" popular vote is the reason why our country is going downhill in a hurry? At this point maybe we are a Democracy because of our voting system?

[@Alb-Patriot]

US. The only democracy with indirekt voting? United Kingdom : Am i a joke to you?

[@RaymondHng]

The United Kingdom uses the Parliamentary system of government. There are no presidents.

[@BrianAper]

The UK does not have indirect voting. Britons vote directly for a Member of Parliament by district. That is all they do as far as federal elections are concerned. The Legislature elects the Prime Minister.

[@BrianAper]

I'm sorry. UK is unitary, not federal.

[@RaymondHng]

@@BrianAper The UK is not a federation. They are called general elections. The parliament as a whole does not elect the prime minister. The party leader of the majority party becomes the prime minister. The party leader is chosen by party members, not parliament.

[@Alb-Patriot]

@BrianAper doesn't that make the voting of the prime minister indirekt?

[@DB-yr6nw]

Then why do people vote? I'm a little confused! It this why Trump said that he didn't care if anyone voted because it wouldn't matter?

[@gunnarstew]

We vote to decide which parties delegates will go to the Electoral College to vote. The delegates are pledged to vote for their parties candidates. While it is possible someone could be an unfaithful voter, this rarely happens due to social ramifications and has never determined an election.

[@annamusgraves5975]

The electoral college has been a political magic trick for years. And it’s time to be rid of it. There was a reason why the electoral college was invented a long time ago, I don’t know exactly why but at the time I think it had to do with our population and how votes were counted. Now it’s a way to throw out votes. All the gerrymandering that goes from state to state is a way to get votes thrown out because they are messing with the voting sections in your state. What every state wants is enough votes to win the electoral college so that more votes wins the electoral votes but the losing party’s votes don’t count. The only thing that matters is who gets the electoral votes. That is not counting EVERY VOTE. POPULAR VOTE IS THE ONLY HONEST ELECTION SYSTEM. MEGA WAS ACCUSING IMMIGRANTS, DEAD PEOPLE, AND DEMOCRATS VOTING TWICE, BECAUSE OF COURSE REPUBLICANS WOULD NEVER CHEAT IN AN ELECTION, (ack!) WHEN WE WERE FORCED TO RECOUNT THE VOTES, (enormous cost) THE FEW PEOPLE. THAT DID VOTE ILLEGALLY WERE REPUBLICANS. STILL DIDN’T SHUT TRUMP UP. How can you trust a cheat and a liar? He has, and is still throwing people that helped him in his crimes, under the bus. Now there are oodles of witnesses against him (77) whoa, lots of them. That’s why he’s so desperate to be President all that goes away as long as he holds the Presidential office. That’s why if he gets in he’s gonna stay anyway he can. DICTATOR is the only way he can keep the office. So WISE UP! If you don’t want to be a prisoner, or a liar bowing to a dictator king VOTE BLUE OR WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE SORRY. IN FOUR YEARS YOU CAN FIND A YOUNGER DICTATOR WANNA BE TO VOTE FOR!

[@RaymondHng]

We also vote for state and local government and state and local initiatives. The governors of each state are elected by popular vote.

[@thisizcle140]

​@@gunnarstew5 times the president has been SElected by electors that didn't follow the popular vote

[@johnedelmann6711]

Did you know that the Vice President counts the votes at the end of the election? I hope Kam Har will not play dirty.

[@AussieBoyInDenver]

Its a ceremonial role (as Pence tried to indicate many times), so its doubtful.

[@peanut924]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@aloe2454]

How do you manage to make 3 false claims in 57 seconds ?

[@Gonegonegone977]

You will end up having NYC, California and Chicago deciding our presidents - all Dems. Who figured?😂

[@AussieBoyInDenver]

I am in two minds on this one. I think the electoral college is an interesting solution to the votes of one state being less important because of low population. However, when the majority vote is so much different to the representation of the electoral college, you can understand populous states being miffed that their votes count sometimes at a 1/3 of a less populous state (like Alaska for example). The electoral college part of the constitution has been amended from time to time. Maybe its time for another?

[@rmhcraft1847]

The electoral college vote numbers of each state are based on the number of congressional seats each state has in US Congress. US Congress consists of two houses; the US Senate & the US House of Representatives.----------While each state send representatives to the US House of Reps based on its population, the US Senate is NOT based on population. In the US Senate each state has an equal number of reps (called senators); each has 2 senators each. Therefore, the number of elelctoral votes each state possesses does NOT solely reflect the population of each state, as this video states! For example, SC has 2 US Senator seats (as does every state, no matter its population) and 7 US House of Represntative seats (this one is based on the state's population); therefore SC has 9 electoral college voters! PS------The electoral voters are NOT THE US Senators and US House of Reps; the US Constitution prohibits that. Active memebers of the each party in each state usually are elected as the electoral college voters for their party.

[@LadyIsolse4161]

Yes but who are they this feels so wrong

[@dianaharshey2217]

Nope!!!! So why vote!!!

[@waltermendez5274]

The catch what he left out is that electoral college members do not have to vote in favor of the popular vote

[@waltermendez5274]

Psych I guess he did say that

[@dianaharshey2217]

She won't she's not trump!!!

[@woof3598]

still confused

[@T-Rid]

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[@darbadger971]

Vote blue 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@mariajessicabelmonte4610]

Popular vote.

[@astirmichael]

We are a collection of States not a collection of people we live in a constitutional republic not a democracy

[@RobLaster-pw8fz]

My word is my Bon. A man of faith and woman of faith read above-mentioned Bible study in the book 📙 of numbers CHATHER: verse: This what It says:

[@MarGarcia-z2l]

Popular voting is better because it represents the will of the majority. And every valid vote will count.

[@marshall2368]

It sounds better but is it actually better? The founding fathers didn't really think so. maybe they were onto something with this Electoral college thing. Their goal was to preserve liberty in America. liberty and justice for all is important and the majority of the people would vote for that every time! if they know what is best for them.

[@peanut924]

The majority live in New York and California. Those two are always Democrat. Under a popular vote, these two states alone could decide the presidency. Without the fairness of having delegates, we would get a democrat as president every time from now on. That is not fair. Plus, the people of California and New York have completely different needs than say people in Wyoming, or rural states, or lower population states. Think of the popular vote as California and New York being able to "bully" the other states because they have more people! But the smaller states have different needs and might want a Republican President... they'll never get that chance under the Popular Vote system. The Electoral College makes it a fair playing field. This is why Democrats would benefit more if we used the Popular Vote because they know the states with the largest amount of people typically vote Democrat! Under the Electoral College system, the winner could be a Democrat OR a Republican. So it's more fair. It's just making sure the states with smaller populations also have a voice in the election. To make sure their wants and needs are truly represented in the election.

[@TheGuyWhoHasOpinions]

why are we taking the advice of a british guy

[@Charlie-bi1of]

Remember that the people who wrote the constitution were direct descendants of the British.

[@RobLaster-pw8fz]

Numbers CHATHER 30 verse 2 God bless.

[@T-Rid]

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[@stravis3269]

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[@dubaiguy4189]

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[@rajannasahukar9065]

Our Indian system of voting is better

[@DavidCox-cr1uo]

Simpler is only sometimes better. Perhaps it would be better to say that your system is better for India's predominant culture, as it guarantees a cultural hegemony that gives India its identity and purpose as a state.

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[@stravis3269]

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[@bumiu8578]

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[@AnthonyMapua]

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