The BEST Way to Understand the US Electoral College System in 2024 | ABC News

You’ll hear a lot about the electoral college as well as the ‘race to 270’ as voters head to the polls in the US presidential election. It is part of America’s complicated election system where the people do not actually vote for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, but rather a slate of electors who’ll eventually cast their votes for the person who’ll become the president. Confused? Casey Briggs explains. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-0... ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on X (Twitter):   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia