The This is, but why, a podcast for Curious Kids.

I'm Jane Lindholm.

On this show, we take questions from kids

just like you all over the world, and we find answers.

We do a lot of science here on But Why,

but today we're thinking about a different kind of science

political science that's the study of government and politics and how people relate to those topics

of course here in the United States,

politics is something we hear a lot about every four years

when we have a presidential election,

and a little bit every two years when we have congressional elections.

But elections happen all the time.

Sometimes towns and cities have elections for things like mayors or town or city council,

school districts elect people to their school boards.

And sometimes voters have to go to the polls

to agree to a town or school district budget.

Sometimes we'll even vote on local issues.

And that's just in the US.

Elections of all sorts happen all over the world, all the time.

Going to the polls or mailing in a ballot,

these are important parts of our democracy.

We'll be talking today about voting in the context of the U.S. presidential election.

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