♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: SO WHAT ARE YOU
DOING AFTER THIS?
OH, HEY.
WELCOME BACK.
THIS WAS AN HISTORIC ELECTION IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
TODAY, WE FOUND OUT THAT JOE BIDEN HAS BROKEN PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA'S POPULAR VOTE RECORD SET 12 YEARS AGO.
BARACK OBAMA, OR AS I'M NOW CALLING HIM, THE GUY WHO KNOWS
JOE BIDEN.
SO IT'S CLEAR WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESIDENT.
WHY'S THAT, YOU ASK?
WELL, LIZ, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
WHAT'S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, YOU ASK?
FIRST, YOU NEED TO STOP ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS OF YOUR
TELEVISION, LIZ.
IT MAKES YOU LOOK CRAZY.
AND SECOND, WE'VE CREATED A SHORT FILMSTRIP TO EXPLAIN.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND
YOU.
EVERY FOUR YEARS, JOHN AND JANE Q. PUBLIC HAVE THE SACRED DUTY
TO PICK AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT, BUT NOT SO FAST,
JANE.
THE FOUNDERS WERE TOO WISE TO ENTRUST SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT
AS DEMOCRACY TO THE PEOPLE, LIKE YOU.
INSTEAD, THEY CREATED THE MIRACLE OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE.
BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING EVERYONE ASSOCIATES WITH
COLLEGE, IT'S GOOD DECISIONS.
WITH THE MIRACLE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, WHEN YOU
VOTE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR A SLATE OF ELECTORS, APPOINTED
BY YOUR STATE'S LEADERSHIP, WHO THEN VOTE FOR YOU WHILE YOU JUST
SIT BACK AND ENJOY IT.
BEN FRANKLIN EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY: I LIKE TO WATCH.
THERE ARE 538 ELECTORS, ONE FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND TWO FOR EACH STATE'S SENATORS, NO MATTER
HOW SMALL THAT STATE IS, GUARANTEEING THAT THE MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES CARRY LESS WEIGHT
THAN KEN, THE ONLY CITIZEN OF KEN, NORTH DAKOTA.
HE'S WORLDLY, HE MET AN HISPANIC ONCE.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GETS THREE ELECTORS, BUT U.S.
TERRITORIES, LIKE AMERICAN SAMOA, GUAM, AND PUERTO RICO,
GET ZERO ELECTORS FOR REASONS SCIENCE HAS NEVER DISCOVERED.
IT'S A MYSTERY, LIKE ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS AND THE SASWATCH.
OH, ALSO, THE SASCWAWCH GETS A VOTE.
THE WINNER TAKES ALL THE, LECTORS IN EVERY STATE, EXCEPT
MAINE AND NEBRASKA, BECAUSE...
NO REASON.
NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.
THE STARS BLINDLY RUN.
SELL ALL YOUR POSSESSIONS AND LIVE IN A CAVE.
THERE IS NO GOD.
WHERE WAS I?
OH, YEAH, THANKS TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, THE CANDIDATE
WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES DOESN'T ALWAYS WIN, GIVING US HISTORY'S
GREATEST PRESIDENTS, LIKE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, RUTHERFORD "B"
HAZE, GEORGE W. BUSH, AND DONALD TRUMP, A REAL WHO'S WHO OF WHO
YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR.
THANK YOU, ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
BUT DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT YOUR VOTE NOT MATTERING.
CHANCES ARE YOUR ENTIRE STATE'S VOTE DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE
THANKS TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, CANDIDATES CAN IGNORE MOST OF
THE STATES AND FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT TRULY REFLECT EVERYDAY
VOTERS, LIKE FLORIDA.
IT'S FULL OF AVERAGE AMERICANS, LIKE GATOR PETE, AND THIS
100-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE MOUSE THAT LIVES IN A CASTLE.
OUR ELECTIONS FOCUS ON FLORIDA IS WHY AMERICA HAS POLICIES LIKE
THE CUBAN EMBARGO, AND THE ABILITY TO WRITE OFF YOUR JET
SKI AS A HOME OFFICE SPACE.
SO THE NEXT ELECTION YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING, "HOW IN THE
HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?" REMEMBER, IT'S NOT HELL.
IT'S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO "U" IN DEMOCRACY.
BUT THERE IS A WYYYYY!
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LEON
BRIDGES AND LUCKY DAYE.