How the US Elections Work | Learn English Conversation | Go Natural English

Hello and welcome to Go Natural English. I'm Gabby, coming to you

for a very special lesson today from the Oval Office

set in the White House in the District of

Columbia, Washington, D.C. In this special

lesson we're going to talk about how the Presidential Election

process works in the United States.

It all starts with with the individual voter.

On November 8th, I get to vote for who

I want for president. I am a US

citizen. I'm over 18 years old. That means

that I can vote for president on that special day.

You might imagine that we count up every single vote

from every single person who votes in the United States and that

will determine our president, but it's actually not that simple.

It's not that we directly elect the president. What happens is

each state determines

their vote. Let me break it

down a little bit more. I'm going to vote in New York. I live in New

York City. And in New York we

have 29 electoral

votes. We have 29 electors. And each

state is different. It depends on the number of districts

plus senators. There's always two senators for each

state. New York has 27 districts

plus 2 senators. So that means that we have

29 electoral votes. So, everybody

in New York who votes is going to show the

total number is going to show which candidate New York

as a state prefers and then that preference is sent

on through our electors. New York will

give our 29 votes for whichever candidate

the people of New York prefer. I'm using New York as an example

because that's where I live but each state has this process

as well and it's the same for every state except for Nebraska and Maine.

They're a little bit special.

Washington, D.C. also has three

electoral votes. OK, so now we know

how the voting process works. The electoral

college suggests or votes for

the president based on how the state's

people vote. Now, we need

a majority of 583 total

electoral votes in order to become the President-Elect on November

8th. So we need at least 270 votes.

That's putting a candidate in the majority. Then, whoever

has at least 270 or more votes will become the President

Elect and on January 20th will become

officially sworn in as the next President of the

United States of America. So it's an interesting

process and I'd love to know how elections work in your

country. Who can vote for president? When do you vote for president?

How does the election system work? Please share

with me in the comments. I'd love to know! Thanks for watching

and make sure if you can vote, if you are a US

citizen and you're over 18, to make your vote count.

Thanks for watching, bye for now!