Learn American Holidays Election Day

hi everyone I’m Alicia Tuesday after the
first Monday in November marks election

day in the United States Election Day
isn’t a national holiday but people are

required to be let off of work for a
certain amount of time so that they can

participate in the election when people
talk about Election Day

they’re usually talking about the
federal offices in the United States

the United States has always tried to
position election day near November can

you guess why this might be the case
we’ll show you the answer at the end of

this video
Election Day in the United States means

the end of long periods of campaigning
something which many Americans are

grateful to see come about it also means
that polling places have long lines and

that people sit by the TV radio or
computer waiting to hear the results as

soon as they’re turned in for most
people in the United States the Tuesday

after the first Monday in November is a
workday this has been controversial for

many years some people have advocated
that Election Day be made an official

federal holiday so that everybody has
the day off to vote at their leisure the

media in the United States covers
election day like nothing else in fact

this is one of the most competitive
times of the year for media in general

all of the most popular and best known
anchor men and women will be behind a

desk with a map of the United States
showing where the electoral votes of

those states are going as soon as the
results are available

the United States does not vote on a
popular vote system the Electoral

College determines the winner of a given
state which translates to a certain

amount of electoral votes making some
states much more important than others

to politicians and now here’s the answer
to the quiz can you guess why the United

States has always tried to position
Election Day in November the November

date of election day is due to the fact
that the US was largely an agrarian

society when the first elections were
held by November most farmers had their

produce harvested and could then make a
trip sometimes long to town to vote how

was this lesson did you learn something
interesting is there a special day when

elections are held in your country
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