Short answer is Yes. The long answer is this video. 0:00 Intro 2:01 Short description of Electoral College 2:41 History of Electoral upsets (Winner of popular vote doesn't win Presidency) 6:46 Manta Sleep mask shout out. You can buy one here: https://bit.ly/2J0s0E3 Use checkout code LETSFINDOUTASMR for 10% off until 12/15/2020. 7:21 The 2000 Election: Swing States 11:48 Pledge of Allegiance tangent 16:22 Meaning of a republic/ Intention of Framers of Constitution 20:30 Function and mechanisms of Electoral College 30:12 Brief case for and against Electoral College (i'm for it, for now) 43:25 Districts: How the 538 Electoral votes are divided up among the States and Washington DC 1:10:35 The 2000 election: Why the popular vote matters (in swing states) 1:16:22 Why Election Day is a Tuesday in November 1:21:09 Walking through the Election Day voting experience... and why it's not what you think it is 1:27:40 The definition of the US Presidential election 1:31:30 How Electors are actually chosen (Bill Clinton and Joe Biden's brother are Electors) 1:46:30 "Faithless Electors": how your vote could lose value 1:53:14 The 1824 election: How elections can be manipulated by faithless electors 2:00:00 Contingent elections 2:04:56 Benjamin Franklin anecdote 2:06:19 Huge thank you for watching and supporting... The TL;DW is that the United States of America was founded as a federal republic whose sole purpose was and is/should be the representation of the citizens of the distinct States that united in 1776... just the representation, though. Not the direct input. It was never designed as a democracy, and never has been. It was agreed among most of the "Framers" of the Constitution that a direct, popular vote for President meant that 51% of citizens could be cajoled into voting for a great showman but incompetent leader. In 1776, the States had essentially evolved into their own countries, but had to form a federation (now the oldest extant one in the world) or be conquered by the 18th century European superpowers (England, Spain, and France). Because of their colonial origins though, they demanded to retain their sovereign right to make laws that represented the will of their people. So, the electoral college was created and cemented into the U.S. Constitution as a way for each State's directly-elected officials (representing the voice of the people, and liable to be voted out of office if failing to do so) to personally vet and select "Electors" from their State whose sole task was to deliberate and vote for a President. Each State would receive a number of Electors equal to the number of representatives they have in the U.S. Congress. (This is 2 senators for every State, and a number of Representatives proportional to the State's population.) Which ever Presidential Candidate wins the majority (greater than 50%) of electoral votes wins. If no majority is met (could happen if a third or fourth candidate is voted for), the House of Representatives casts 1 vote per State to elect the President. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►my ASMR playlists... ▸Space: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVojBLpecXuXY66IZixixYf8aE-FOozO1 ▸History: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVojBLpecXuV3POreugMZyg9XTgxUZgGx ▸Science: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVojBLpecXuU3-fEgM4V1T5P8U6l2_p2D ▸Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVojBLpecXuU5kJPgNLyObyNQwyjmxOgy ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►Support for the channel... ▸Shop on Amazon here (kick-backs at no cost to you): https://amzn.to/2LnNXd6 ▸PayPal ......... https://www.paypal.me/LetsFindOutASMR ......... [email protected] ▸Patreon ........ https://www.patreon.com/LetsFindOutASMR ▸📩 Wishlist (for the channel): http://a.co/9vUJ8eF ▸📪 If you'd like to mail me something: Let's Find Out AS