How does a Presidential Election Work? 🤔 #shorts
Published: Sep 11, 2024
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hey everyone today I'm going to be telling you how an election works first up we have the primaries and caucuses in primaries voters simply cast their ballots for their preferred candidate and in caucuses voters Gather in meetings to discuss candidates and physically group themselves according to their choice at the end of the day delegates are awarded based on these votes delegates are individuals who commit to supporting a specific candidate at the party's National Convention the nominee with the most delegates wins their party's nomination for the general election then comes the general election campaign this is when the real race begins and candidates from different parties campaign across the country then comes election day people go to polling places or use mail and ballots to vote for their chosen candidate and vice president but here's the twist the Electoral College decides the winner each state has a set number of electors based on its population your vote actually selects these electors whoever gets the majority of the vote wins the presidency and gets inaugurated on January 20th a candidate may win the popular vote but ultimately it's the Electoral College who decide to