Scott Lucas: US election all comes down to the Rust Belt and Sun Belt

Scott Lucas dissects the archaic way in which the US chooses its leader: through a convoluted electoral college

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump. In total, there are 568 delegates in the electoral college. So the first candidate to 270 wins.

One candidate is the former twice-impeached US president, Donald Trump, who is a convicted felon and who pursued a coup attempt in January 2021.

The other is the current Vice President, Kamala Harris, the former prosecutor who would become America’s first woman, first Asian-American, and second black president if elected.