Name: America 101: What is the Electoral College?
Duration: 97
Description: Ebro Darden describes how it's not the popular vote but rather the Electoral College that officially elects the president.

Ebro Darden describes how it's not the popular vote but rather the Electoral College that officially elects the president.

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America 101: What is the Electoral College?

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