Electing a US President in Plain English

Thanks, I wanted to brush up on my civics.

ok this video is really interesting, but i still having one question...
why don't you guys just sum all the votes in the country instead of making all that compicated stuff

The system was designed over 200 years ago when the citizens' identities and loyalties were more defined by their state than by the nation (which was brand new). Over the centuries, the idea of the national government doing only a few specific things (and the state governments doing the rest) has gradually diminished - to the chagrin of some, and to the satisfaction of others. Plus, back then, the states had the infrastructure to hold elections, and the nation did not.

This is all BS!! there are no elections. It is all controlled by the illuminatis. It is worse than monarchy.

this system has retarded written all over it. basically, if you're voting republican in a predominately democratic state (CA for example), essentially your vote doesn't count.

wtf?

LOL, i never knew that. This system is f*ing stupid. Now i understand how it was possible for bush to win by cheating in florida on his 2nd term. look that up btw.

Bush won Florida. Gore was prevented from stealing Florida from its rightful winner.

uh no, bush cheated for real. There were some counting machines not counting the votes of afro americans. Look it up, Synthia Mckinney reported the whole thing.

uh, no Gore cheated for real. Bush won the count on the night of the election and won the recount. Gore wanted to recount ONLY heavily Democratic counties, not the whole state. And Gore wanted the state court to change the election law to allow time for this fraudulent recount. The Supreme Court ruled correctly that the state court had no right to rewrite election law (only the legislature may do so). The court ruled correctly and stopped Gore from stealing the election.