North Carolina has 15 electors, while California has 55.

因此，北卡罗来纳州有15名“民”，加州有55个。

So who are the electors and how many are there?

那么人是谁，有多少人？

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两个州，由立法机关在总统候人中做择。

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

只要赢得州的支持，就能幅增加民数量，而是获胜的关键。

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

人口最多的州，人数和票数也是最多的。

If they do, they're called faithless electors.

如果民没有投票给赢得普的候人，那么他们就被称为失信民。

There were no faithless electors who refused to back Biden or changed the votes at the margins.

没有不忠诚的人拒绝支持拜登，也没有改变得票差。

Electors on the other hand are all over 'em.

而人们则十分了解。

In the two thousand election, there were five hundred thirty-eight electors in the Electoral College.

在2000年的中，团有538名民。

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，人们的是人。

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

民要做的是出代表他们投票的团成员。

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

一个州的人口越多，该州的团成员人数就越多。

The only exception, the District of Columbia which has three electors despite not having any voting members in congress.

唯一的例外是哥伦比亚特区，尽管它在国会中没有任何代表，也拥有三名人。

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

人团一致将16票投给约瑟夫·罗宾内特·拜登。

Each party selects their own group of electors.

各党出自己的人。

Well, each state has two electors plus a number determined by the size of the state's population.

每个州有两位人，再加上一个由该州人口规模决定的数字。

The electors would be chosen from districts set up for this purpose.

人将从地区出。

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

没错。但美国公民并不是直接总统，而是出人。

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

个秘密阴谋将伪造的乔治亚州民名单送到华盛顿。

It's called a faithless elector but it's fair and it has never affected the outcome of an election.

被称为失信人，但种情况很少见，而且从来没有影响过结果。