How the US election works: Electoral college explained | ABC News

You’ll hear a lot about the electoral college as well as the ‘race to 270’ as voters head to the polls in the US presidential election. It is part of America’s complicated election system where the people do not actually vote for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, but rather a slate of electors who’ll eventually cast their votes for the person who’ll become the president. Confused? Casey Briggs explains.
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