[Lavindathar]

Originally Posted by Bungleau The winner is whoever gets 270 electoral votes. That's determined by the number of states he carries, not the number of voters. If a state's count is close, it may be recounted. That can lead to a delay in determining the winner.

Ok, this lost me.

In England, "counties" are our versions of states. But on a much smaller scale. They are not important, just a different region.

You guys are quite serious about your states, with famous governers and all that.

So in England, the country votes, and its simply a matter of the most people wins. Counties don't matter.

I think for getting parliment seats for ministers etc we have a similar system, but Im not sure how this works either.

But I don't get this 270 electoral votes? How can 100million people (or w/e) be turned into 270 electoral votes?

You have 50 states, so I cant see a link there.


So, is it in simple terms -

To win a state, you must get the majority % of votes in that state. And then the majority % of states wins?

I don't get the 270 electoral votes thing.

Sorry for sounding a dumb ass, but im actually interested, and I can't for the life of me work out how you guys do it.

Plus you have all these pre-elections or w/e in states and polls and all this...we don't.

We have a vote lol.