{"id":49720,"date":"2016-11-07T14:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=49720"},"modified":"2016-11-07T16:15:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T00:15:12","slug":"us-use-electoral-college-decide-president-donkey-elephant-represent-democrats-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/us-use-electoral-college-decide-president-donkey-elephant-represent-democrats-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Doesn&#8217;t the U.S. Use a Popular Vote for President, Why Do a Donkey and an Elephant Represent the Democrats and Republicans, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p>In this week\u2019s \u201cbest of\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TodayIFoundOut\" target=\"_blank\">our YouTube channel<\/a>, we are getting into the US Presidential Election spirit by looking at why the U.S. uses the electoral college instead of a popular vote, whether 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