Episode 33: 538 randos

What is the electoral college?Why do I keep hearing the phrase 'swing state'?You know you've typed this into Google a time or two and you probably found a bunch of words that ultimately explained nothing. We've got you.Maggie is back with her usual ramblings, including the RFK whale head debacle and her bartender lore, but more importantly, WTFIM is breaking down the 5 w's of the electoral college, along with what swing states are and if they're even important to this election. (Hint: they are. You're gonna want to hear this).Listen or watch now:https://www.youtube.com/@Whytfitmattershttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-the-f-it-matters/id1712836868https://open.spotify.com/show/4eyTuiipn74XiVXznjm0RdCheck out our social media & website:https://www.instagram.com/whytfitmatterspod/https://www.tiktok.com/@whytfitmatterspodhttps://twitter.com/wtfimpodhttps://whytfitmatterspod.wixsite.com/wtfimMaggie's favorite media bias site:https://www.allsides.com/media-biasCheck out all the sources used for this episode (full list on website):https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/north-carolina/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/sep/03/electoral-votes-swing-state-margins-explainedhttps://www.usa.gov/electoral-collegehttps://news.gallup.com/poll/651353/americans-favor-replacing-electoral-college-system.aspxhttps://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/electors https://wildcat.arizona.edu/121890/news/election-2020-is-arizona-finally-going-blue/ https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-4936052/swing-states-presidential-electionshttps://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/the-electoral-college-simplified/https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/7-swing-states-that-could-decide-the-2024-presidential-election https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-harris-poll-battleground-swing-states-election-2024-rcna172480https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-kennedy-whale-investigation-09c494d8164c6f9bde9ece39637ea4d3https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/23/harris-trump-rfk-jr-election-updates/https://rollc