US Election explained in plain English

My daughter is leaning about politics in her school class. We were talking the other night about who gets to decide who's President. Yes, simplistically, I explained that we, as US citizens, get to vote to see who's elected, but I also explained a bit about the Electoral College. I had to explain that it's not jsut who gets the most votes (think Election 2000).

I don't think I did a thorough job, and I wasn't sure that she compeltely got it. I ran across this video on CommonCraft the other day that explains the US Election process in plain English. Very timely. After watching it, I think she got it.





There are a lot of other useful, plain English videos at CommonCraft as well that might be worth a look.