The US electoral system: A closer look at how it works

Bateman’s (2008) article entitled "The US electoral system: A closer look at how it works", she introduces the topic of Americans electoral system and how it works. First, she shows the production of the electoral system and how the electors are selected; Who are they representing? How are their votes being determined? Next, she says that all of the parties do their best to get the electors' votes by the delegates who are being selected by the primaries and caucuses and there is voting inside each party for the presidential and vice- presidential candidates. Then she explains the election process and there are two ways of election; one is by the electors’ votes and the other one is by the popular votes. She shows that the government supports the candidates in each party before the election and after. Finally, she talks about the peculiarities of America’s politics and how the electoral system is flexible in one side and inflexible in another. In conclusion this article mainly talks about the electoral system step by step and gives many details about the parties' efforts to present their candidates.

I was interested in this article because of the current event, which is the presidential election here in US. When I see the news I found it difficult to understand the processes of the election and I didn't understand what the different was between the electors and the popular elections. I am from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so we don't vote for our king and we are not used to seeing the voting in Saudi Arabia. So when I see the voting in any country, I can't stop my curiosity to see the event and to understand how it is going. One more important point I would like to say is that US is one of the effective countries in the world where I can see her weight in the UN in any resolution, so I think it is important to understand how this country vote and chooses its president.