When will we know election results?

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🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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State rules differ on when mail-in ballots can be counted. That might lead to delays in getting vote totals. NPR's Miles Parks joins us to break down when we'll know the results. And in a presidential election, the winner isn't always the one who wins the popular vote. It comes down to the Electoral College. University of Pennsylvania professor Kermit Roosevelt shares a refresher on how the Electoral College works. Then, we take a look at the bygone tradition of baking an election cake. Baker Ellen King, co-owner of Hewn Bread in Evanston, Illinois, joins us with a recipe for her election cake and a look at the past and future of the tradition.

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0:39.2	and thanks for listening. Now here's today's episode. If it's going to be a few thousand votes
0:43.9	in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, it is going to be days. I can't tell you not to be anxious as you
0:49.6	wait for election results, but I can tell you a delay in calling the winner is perfectly normal,
0:56.4	and expected this time around at least.
1:07.7	It's Tuesday, November 5th, and this is here and now anytime.
1:12.0	From NPR and WBUR, I'm Chris Bentley.
1:17.1	Today on the show, ah, the Electoral College.
1:21.6	You probably know our Constitution does not award the presidency to the candidate who gets the most votes overall,
1:28.5	but you might be surprised to learn, why not?
1:31.5	The founders were worried that a popular vote might pressure states to expand the franchise.
1:37.0	The founders didn't want that.
1:38.1	The Constitution is not an instrument that pushes the states in a pro-democracy direction.
1:43.8	Also, you might have voted already, but did you make your election cake yet?
1:49.2	In the 18th and 19th centuries, they were all the rage.
1:52.8	People weren't commonly meeting their neighbors.
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