OutSchool: Elections

good morning out school students.

It was quite a night for the presidential election.

And I am here as our Hornick reporting your election

statistics. In this short hour, we're going to talk about

Electoral College votes and where they currently set.

We're going to take a look at popular votes and

you're gonna get a chance to take a look at

your state and where it's headed.

Regarding the presidential election, you're also going to get a

chance to take a look at the impact your state

may have on the election.

And finally, how media is sharing the election results with

us. Most importantly, we are going Thio share with each

other. Why?

We're not going to have a presidential result right away

like we may have in the past.

So let's take a look at the map right now

where it currently sits.

So what you have right now you have the Electoral

College votes up on the screen.

This these were pulled this morning.

You can see that Joe Biden has 238 and that

Donald Trump has 213 on the map.

You're also going to see some dark red that dark

red shading means that the results are in for that

state. And there they elected Donald Trump, um, as the

Republican nominee.

And then you're going to see some dark blue in

those dark blues.

Are states results that are in and voted for Joe

Biden as the Democratic nominee.

Now you're going to see some light blue.

What that light blue means is the votes are not

all in yet, and so but it is leaning towards

Biden. You're going to see some light red.

And those light red also means that the votes are

not 100% in yet and that they're leaning more towards

Donald Trump.

Now what is the Electoral College and why do we

have it?

Well, the Electrical Electoral College was designed long ago.

Um, and basically, it's based on the fact that based

on the state's population, you take the popular voting results,

and you have these delegates who cast what's known as

the electoral vote.

Now, in most states, they're required to vote the electoral

casting as their own state go.

So, for example, if you look at the map Michigan's

light blue if it were to turn dark blue.

All the electoral delegates are supposed toe vote their electoral

vote for Joe Biden.

Now, some states, um, it doesn't always happen that way

in some states have some laws that basically penalize those

who vote against their state popular vote.

Let's take a look at the popular vote results.

Here we go, so you'll see.

Joe Biden is currently at 50.1% and Trump is at

48.3% for the popular vote.

Back in 2016, when it was Hillary Clinton taking on

Donald Trump's, um, the results were Hillary Clinton actually won

the popular vote.

But because of the Electoral College system, Donald Trump won

the presidency because he had the most electoral college votes.

It's kind of a complicated system on how that works,

because you would think well, if the majority of Americans

voted for somebody, they would win.

But depending on the size of the state and the

number of Electoral College is that it is signed to,

that state really does have an impact.

And it's quite fascinating.

And that's why you'll see in the news that there's

all this information out there about swing states and or

important states or states that could really define the results.

So, for example, when you look at the map, some

of those swing states are are in the lighter colors,

depending on their absentee, valid system.

Depending on, um, you know, they're voting procedures and things

like of that nature, it may take a long time

to count them all.

So let's take a look at your state.

Let's have you go to this website.

I'm going to give you guys about 5, 10 minutes

to do a little bit of research, and you are

going to be my state correspondent.

I'm gonna ask you to share out.

You can, um when I am you, your video and

you can go ahead and you're gonna share your results

from your state.

If you're not in the United States, then what I

want you to do is go ahead and pick a

state that you would find interesting.

Maybe a swing states such as Michigan.

Now I put one website up for you to take

a look at that provides you some electoral college information

if you need assistance with that.

But basically the Google is just filled with all sorts

of results in regards Thio finding what's going on.

Be careful of the websites you use, though.

One of the things we're gonna talk about a little

bit later, once you take a look at your state,

is how the media has really portrayed the elections and

how they're being.

Some are being very, very cautious and saying there are

no results.

So, for example, The Associated Press is flat out said

there are no results yet.

We're not announcing a winner because it is a very

sensitive election.

Here's what I want you do.

I want you to research your state, and I want

you to take a look at our all of your

both counted in your state.

Are you a darker color or you a lighter color

state? What was the popular vote result?

What are the results for your state regarding the Electoral

College? Meaning you know, where is your state?

Currently, Stand in regards to hear the popular votes and

here's how we're gonna vote on the Electoral College.

Is your state a swing state?

Did they vote the same in 2016?

And what impact does your state have on the election?

did they vote as they traditionally always dio?

Or perhaps it was the swing state.

Or perhaps it it shocked everybody in switched gear.

So, for example, Arizona, um, flat in 2016, they voted

for, um, Donald Trump, and the results were coming in

to lean more towards bite in this time around.

So I'm going to give you about 5 to 10

minutes, take a look, and then when you come back,

we are going to be reporting out as my state

correspondents for today's news.

OutSchool: Elections

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