Do You Understand the Electoral College?

Click this link for a 5 minute video about the electoral college. It helped me remember and understand why we use it to elect our president. Do You Understand the Electoral College?: Do you understand what the Electoral College is? Or how it works? Or why America uses it to elect its presidents instead of just using a straight popular vote? Author, lawyer and Electoral College expert Tara Ross does, and she explains that to understand the Electoral College is to understand American democracy.