U.S. Elections (the Electoral College Explained)

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The U.S. Election System
How is a President Elected?

What are the names of the two candidates of the American presidential elections? Start with the man's name, use their full names

How old does a presidential candidate at least need to be to 'run for office'?

1. 25
2. 30
3. 35
4. 40

Mitchell is 50 years old, is a born and raised US citizen who lived in Germany in the past five years, but now lives in America again. Why can he not run for president?

Electoral College

Instead of voting for Trump or Harris directly, voters vote for a member of the so-called 'electoral college'. Let's take a look at the following video to see what that is. You will get some questions during the video. 

01:05

How many electors are there in each U.S. Presidential election?

01:05

The U.S. Congress is made up of 435 members of the House of Representatives, 100 members of the Senate and 3 from the District of Columbia. Did you know that the District of Columbia is the "D.C." from Washington D.C.?
What is Washington D.C.?

1. The capital of Washington state.
2. The capital of New York.
3. Another name for the White House.
4. The capital of the U.S.

01:35

The number of electoral votes per state is reviewed every 10 years and is based on...

1. population size
2. the size of the state (the bigger the state, the more electoral votes)

02:14

How many electoral votes does a U.S. presidential candidate need to win the election?

02:56

Yes or no?
If a presidential candidate has 269 electoral votes and 55% of the popular vote, can he/she win the election?

02:56

True or false?
A U.S. presidential candidate wins the elections with at least 269 of the electoral votes?

02:56

The 2016 U.S. Election results

04:35

The video refers to "swing states" like Ohio and Florida. What is a swing state?

1. A state that has a large number of electoral votes
2. A state that is historically either Republican or Democratic
3. A state that is sometimes Republican, sometimes Democratic
4. A state that Presidential candidates like because of the quality of their swings

Elections in the U.S. are held every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Who do you think will be elected Tuesday, Nov. 5rd to be President of the USA? Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? And who would you vote for?