Hello and welcome to Go Natural English. I'm Gabby, coming to you
for a very special lesson today from the Oval Office
set in the White House in the District of
Columbia, Washington, D.C. In this special
lesson we're going to talk about how the Presidential Election 
process works in the United States. 
It all starts with with the individual voter.
On November 8th, I get to vote for who
I want for president. I am a US
citizen. I'm over 18 years old. That means
that I can vote for president on that special day.
You might imagine that we count up every single vote
from every single person who votes in the United States and that 
will determine our president, but it's actually not that simple.
It's not that we directly elect the president. What happens is
each state determines
their vote. Let me break it
down a little bit more. I'm going to vote in New York. I live in New
York City. And in New York we 
have 29 electoral
votes. We have 29 electors. And each
state is different. It depends on the number of districts
plus senators. There's always two senators for each
state. New York has 27 districts
plus 2 senators. So that means that we have
29 electoral votes. So, everybody
in New York who votes is going to show the
total number is going to show which candidate New York
as a state prefers and then that preference is sent
on through our electors. New York will
give our 29 votes for whichever candidate
the people of New York prefer. I'm using New York as an example
because that's where I live but each state has this process
as well and it's the same for every state except for Nebraska and Maine.
They're a little bit special. 
Washington, D.C. also has three
electoral votes. OK, so now we know
how the voting process works. The electoral
college suggests or votes for
the president based on how the state's
people vote. Now, we need
a majority of 583 total
electoral votes in order to become the President-Elect on November
8th. So we need at least 270 votes.
That's putting a candidate in the majority. Then, whoever
has at least 270 or more votes will become the President
Elect and on January 20th will become
officially sworn in as the next President of the 
United States of America. So it's an interesting
process and I'd love to know how elections work in your
country. Who can vote for president? When do you vote for president?
How does the election system work? Please share
with me in the comments. I'd love to know! Thanks for watching
and make sure if you can vote, if you are a US
citizen and you're over 18, to make your vote count. 
Thanks for watching, bye for now! 
