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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