00:00What do you need to wonder what it actually takes to become President of the United States?
00:05The official checklist is surprisingly short.
00:08The Constitution simply says you must be a natural-born citizen,
00:12at least 35 years old, and have lived in the country for 14 years.
00:16That's it.
00:17No rules against a criminal record and no upper age limit.
00:20But that's just the ticket to enter.
00:23The real race is a different beast entirely.
00:26It involves years of building a political career, raising hundreds of millions of dollars,
00:31and surviving a brutal gauntlet of state-by-state primaries and caucuses
00:35just to win your party's nomination.
00:38Then comes the final hurdle, the general election.
00:41And it's not about winning the most votes nationwide.
00:43It's about winning the Electoral College.
00:46You need to capture a majority.
00:48The magic number is 270.
00:50It's a system where you can win the popular vote and still lose the presidency.
00:54The rules are simple, but the game is anything but.
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