Are you confused about the electoral college? This might help.
On the bus this morning, folks behind me were talking about the presidential election. They were mulling over the electoral college and trying to understand how it all works. One woman who was very loose with her strong opinions asked the man behind her how many people there were in the electoral college, and where they came from.
The guy talked around it a bit, but he didn't really get it, so I turned around and said, "one electoral vote for every person in the national congress. Every state automatically gets two votes because every state has two senators. And since representatives are chosen based on population, larger states get more votes."
I turned around, and I heard the woman who asked the question lean close to the girl sitting next to her. "They really only have two senators per state? That's funny."
