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

但美国总统不人民直接出来的，人们的人。

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，在中拥有不同数量的人。

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，所以这就为什么每个人有两张票。

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两个州，由立法机关在总统候人中做择。

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

民要做的出代表他们投票的成员。

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

一个州的人口越多，该州的成员人数就越多。

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

人口最多的州，其人数和票数也最多的。

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票数时主持会议。

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

没错。但美国公民并不直接总统，而出人。

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

12月14日，人正式投票，确认拜登获胜。

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

人一致将16票投给约瑟夫·罗宾内特·拜登。

So who are the electors and how many are there?

那么人谁，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日之前完成计票，因为那人投票的截止时间。

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，不按规矩投票，我们称之为失信人。

Electors on the other hand are all over 'em.

而人们则十分了解。

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

这些人总统的成员，而制度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，而这正获胜的关键。