Electoral College

Learn more: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=oT...
How we elect our President in the United States

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[EnslavedAndOppressed]

I like Nebraska and Maine...... Two states have it right.

[Philip Shaw]

This goes against everything we've learned about "our vote" actually counting. I can live with not having a voice, but at least tell us that from the beginning.

[CopyableDrip90]

Your vote still counts. The electors in the electoral college are required by law to vote with their states.This also was never withheld from you. it's common knowledge.

[lamontalvo96]

Washington warned against parties, but the time he left office you already had parties.

[llamawitharedscarf]

The US Constitution never even mentions the forming of political parties. It was an issue that the founding fathers never really thought to address. The parties can out of people taking sides on different opinions. We technically do have many other parties but their presence is really little and the US is still really bi partisan.

[eel2198]

well technically we're the democratic republic

[joe blow]

Thats why it's called a republic, not a democracy.

[Puneet Arora]

thanks!..so does that mean that the US constitution allows for creation of new political parties...??..and technically it is also a multi party state in that sense??

[itsallgo0o0od]

this makes no sense...

[wiigamer136]

It is called a bi-partisan state just because of the fact that there are only two parties that dominate the others. Actually, out of the 120-million voters in the 2012 presidential election, only a few voted for a third party. Also, third party candidates rarely win even one state from the electoral college (as explained in the video).

[sycosnot]

if every election was was decided with popular vote all elections would be subject to mob rule. States with larger populations will decide the elections. Dissenting opinions will not matter. Just because an ideology is concentrated in one place doesn't mean a whole country should be decided by what they say. California and new york will decide elections.

[Puneet Arora]

what is that Green Party about..Isnt US a bi-party state..?