The witty folks at Common Craft have done us a great favor by publishing a super short, informative, and not-at-all-painful vid on how the electoral college works. I used to prentend the popular vote matters in the presidential election but as we all learned after the last go, the popular vote is worth less than a pile of poo.
Here's how the presidential election really works, in plain english, from Common Craft.
If you'd rather have the facts set to music, here's a Schoolhouse Rock version. It sucks ass.