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Top Five Facts - US Elections: 5 Unknown Facts about the Presidential Election

Whether you like it or not, the elections for US presidency are of relevance worldwide and to be honest, it’s almost impossible to ignore. So we decided to provide a short, sweet and super informative guide on how the US election for POTUS works. Because it’s not as simple as the person with the most votes wins. Nope, it’s way more complicated.

Here are our five most important facts surrounding the election for the next president of the United States, compressed into 13 minutes of informative goodness.

00:00 Intro
00:20 5. Astronauts can vote from space
02:10 4. The last president from a different part was elected in 1850
04:46 3. Whoever gets more votes, doesn't necessarily win
07:55 2. It's an old men billionaire game
09:52 1. The elections were not really democratic for a long time

The US is a federal republic of 50 states and a representative democracy. Simply put, it’s the longest existing democracy in the world, and has been this beacon of freedom and hope for people worldwide, therefore interest in the presidential elections is massive ie a bit of a circus.

Electing a new president happens every four years on the first Tuesday in November.

So you can make sense of a rather crazy complicated process, we’ve put together a five top facts that’ll help you understand how and why the next person reaches the office to becomes one of the most powerful leaders on the planet.

Sources: http://bit.ly/USElectionsSources
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