How the Electoral College Works

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 28 August 2012

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When you vote in an American presidential election, you're not voting for your candidate - you're voting for a group of people you hope will in turn vote for your candidate. Listen in to learn more about the strange process for electing the president.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 camera.
0:33.3	It's ready for you.
0:35.8	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from housecraftworks.com.
0:45.7	Hey and welcome to the podcast on Josh Clark.
0:48.4	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and you put us together.
0:52.9	A couple of microphones, some cameras.
0:56.2	You get something called Stuff You Should Know.
0:58.0	Cameras.
0:59.0	Yeah.
1:00.0	Oh yeah.
1:01.0	There's nothing here.
1:02.0	Everything's very normal.
1:03.0	Just proceed.
1:04.0	Shuck.
1:05.0	Yes.
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