How does the Electoral College work? Explaining the centuries-old system that decides the US election
When the United States heads to the polls for the election, the popular vote won't decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump becomes president.
Instead, it will be whoever wins the most Electoral College votes.
It's a political system that's vastly different from our own here in Australia – and it's not without its critics. Here's how it works.
It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the US election - its the votes of the Electoral College, like these ones. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
How does the Electoral College system work?
Each state plus the District of Columbia is allocated a number of Electoral College votes.
Whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote in each state gets all of that state's electoral votes.
There are...