But Americans do not directly choose their president, they choose electors.

但是美国总统不是人民直接出来的，人们的是举人。

Each state has a different number of electors based on their representatives in congress.

基于各州在国会中的议员人数，在举团中拥有不同数量的举人。

That stands for mixed-member proportional representation, so that's why each elector has two votes.

这代表混合成员比例代表制，所以这就是为什么每个举人有。

In two states -- South Carolina and Delaware -- the legislature chose the presidential electors.

在南卡罗来纳州和特拉华州这个州，由立法机关在总统候人中做择。

What they're doing is choosing electors to vote for them.

民要做的是出代表他们投的举团成员。

The higher a state's population, the more electors it has.

一个州的人口越多，该州的举团成员人数就越多。

The states with the most population have the most electors and the most electoral votes.

人口最多的州，其举人数和举数也是最多的。

Mr. Pence will preside when, next week when Congress counts the electors' votes.

彭斯先生将在下周国会统计民数时主持会议。

Yes. But Americans do not directly choose their president, they choose electors.

没错。但美国公民并不是直接举总统，而是出举人。

On December 14, the Electoral College electors officially cast their ballots-certifying Biden's win.

12月14日，举团举人正式投，确认拜登获胜。

The electors have unanimously cast 16 votes for Joseph R. Biden.

举人团一致将16投给约瑟夫·罗宾内特·拜登。

So who are the electors and how many are there?

那么举人是谁，有多少人？

They must have that complete by December 14th because that is when the electors must vote.

他们必须在12月14日之前完成计，因为那是举人投的截止时间。

Although occasionally some break from that and cast rogue votes becoming what we call faithless electors.

虽然偶尔也会有一些人打破惯例，不按规矩投，我们称之为失信举人。

Electors on the other hand are all over 'em.

而举人们则十分了解。

These folks are the electors of the Electoral College, a system established by America's founding fathers.

这些人是总统举团的成员，而举团制度是由美国开国元勋建立的。

The secretive plot to send a fake slate of Georgia electors to Washington.

这个秘密阴谋将伪造的乔治亚州民名单送到华盛顿。

The candidate's goal on election day is to win the majority of 538 or 270 electors.

这些候人想要当就得赢得538民中的大多数，即270名。

When a candidate wins the voting in a state, they win that state's number of electors.

当总统候人得到了一个州的支持，那么他也就赢得了该州的民。

Their electors add up quickly. And the number of electors is what really matters.

只要赢得这些大州的支持，就能大幅增加民数量，而这正是获胜的关键。