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Today, Explained

The Island of Explained: Election Day

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s Election Day on the Island of Explained! Will the candidate with the most votes win, or will the island’s Electoral College determine a different leader? Go to vox.com/todayexplainedkids for a discussion guide and election activities, including how to craft the perfect persuasive speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay

0:04.1

Whoa whoa whoa stop that's not how it's supposed to go

0:07.1

Oh

0:27.3

It's today explained I'm Sean Ramos for him. It's Friday. It's summer

0:31.1

We're going back to today explained summer camp for the kids today

0:34.8

This week we're talking about the election remember the election

0:39.1

We're still a couple of months away from it fewer than a hundred days. I believe but believe it or not the election for president on the island of

0:47.2

Explained is happening today reporter camp counselor no arm hasn't felt is live on the scene

0:55.6

Hey, Sean. I'm here in electric city the capital of the island of explained really getting psyched for today's election

1:02.3

And what is it like out there in electric city? What's the energy like there are parades there are marching bands out here

1:08.6

There are voters with signs. There's gonna be speeches. I mean, it's really no arm. Is that you bird Pinkerton nice to see you

1:15.9

I'm actually talking with Sean right now about the island of explained election

1:19.9

Oh, so that's going on here. I was really confused

1:23.7

Do you mind if I listen in actually Sean? Would you mind if I just take bird around the island?

1:28.6

I can let you in the audience listen in too sure. I'll go get some popcorn

1:32.8

Hey bird. Let me take you over this way. Let's head over to the city center. Oh, okay

1:36.6

So this is actually one of my questions the signs and that parade over there are super intense like now or never

1:43.2

Later is crater. What is that all about? Oh, yeah, so the island of explained has two big political parties

1:51.4

This does look like a party that explains the balloons and the confetti and colorful fireworks in the middle of the day

1:59.0

Is there cake no cake? It's not really that kind of party a political party is a bunch of people who come together

2:06.4

Because they sort of have the same political ideas and they basically pick one person who's really good at talking about the ideas

2:13.5

And they say hey you should be our pick to run for president

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