Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER THIS? OH, HEY. WELCOME BACK. THIS WAS AN HISTORIC ELECTION IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. TODAY, WE FOUND OUT THAT JOE BIDEN HAS BROKEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S POPULAR VOTE RECORD SET 12 YEARS AGO. BARACK OBAMA, OR AS I'M NOW CALLING HIM, THE GUY WHO KNOWS JOE BIDEN. SO IT'S CLEAR WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESIDENT. WHY'S THAT, YOU ASK? WELL, LIZ, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. WHAT'S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, YOU ASK? FIRST, YOU NEED TO STOP ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS OF YOUR TELEVISION, LIZ. IT MAKES YOU LOOK CRAZY. AND SECOND, WE'VE CREATED A SHORT FILMSTRIP TO EXPLAIN. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND YOU. EVERY FOUR YEARS, JOHN AND JANE Q. PUBLIC HAVE THE SACRED DUTY TO PICK AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT, BUT NOT SO FAST, JANE. THE FOUNDERS WERE TOO WISE TO ENTRUST SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS DEMOCRACY TO THE PEOPLE, LIKE YOU. INSTEAD, THEY CREATED THE MIRACLE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING EVERYONE ASSOCIATES WITH COLLEGE, IT'S GOOD DECISIONS. WITH THE MIRACLE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, WHEN YOU VOTE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR A SLATE OF ELECTORS, APPOINTED BY YOUR STATE'S LEADERSHIP, WHO THEN VOTE FOR YOU WHILE YOU JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY IT. BEN FRANKLIN EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY: I LIKE TO WATCH. THERE ARE 538 ELECTORS, ONE FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TWO FOR EACH STATE'S SENATORS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL THAT STATE IS, GUARANTEEING THAT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES CARRY LESS WEIGHT THAN KEN, THE ONLY CITIZEN OF KEN, NORTH DAKOTA. HE'S WORLDLY, HE MET AN HISPANIC ONCE. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GETS THREE ELECTORS, BUT U.S. TERRITORIES, LIKE AMERICAN SAMOA, GUAM, AND PUERTO RICO, GET ZERO ELECTORS FOR REASONS SCIENCE HAS NEVER DISCOVERED. IT'S A MYSTERY, LIKE ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS AND THE SASWATCH. OH, ALSO, THE SASCWAWCH GETS A VOTE. THE WINNER TAKES ALL THE, LECTORS IN EVERY STATE, EXCEPT MAINE AND NEBRASKA, BECAUSE... NO REASON. NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE. THE STARS BLINDLY RUN. SELL ALL YOUR POSSESSIONS AND LIVE IN A CAVE. THERE IS NO GOD. WHERE WAS I? OH, YEAH, THANKS TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, THE CANDIDATE WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES DOESN'T ALWAYS WIN, GIVING US HISTORY'S GREATEST PRESIDENTS, LIKE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, RUTHERFORD "B" HAZE, GEORGE W. BUSH, AND DONALD TRUMP, A REAL WHO'S WHO OF WHO YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR. THANK YOU, ELECTORAL COLLEGE. BUT DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT YOUR VOTE NOT MATTERING. CHANCES ARE YOUR ENTIRE STATE'S VOTE DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THANKS TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, CANDIDATES CAN IGNORE MOST OF THE STATES AND FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT TRULY REFLECT EVERYDAY VOTERS, LIKE FLORIDA. IT'S FULL OF AVERAGE AMERICANS, LIKE GATOR PETE, AND THIS 100-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE MOUSE THAT LIVES IN A CASTLE. OUR ELECTIONS FOCUS ON FLORIDA IS WHY AMERICA HAS POLICIES LIKE THE CUBAN EMBARGO, AND THE ABILITY TO WRITE OFF YOUR JET SKI AS A HOME OFFICE SPACE. SO THE NEXT ELECTION YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING, "HOW IN THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?" REMEMBER, IT'S NOT HELL. IT'S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. BECAUSE THERE'S NO "U" IN DEMOCRACY. BUT THERE IS A WYYYYY! >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LEON BRIDGES AND LUCKY DAYE.
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