Everyone has been talking about how stressful this election has been and the large importance of people voting. Most everyone can agree that the choices we have been left with are absolute crap.

But how did we get here?

Remember those primaries that we had in the Spring? The ones that no one took seriously because it wasn't the actual election? Well, that's the start of how we got here.

People voted without doing any research on candidates because it seemed like an interesting option to vote for. Some people voted the same way their parents did because they grew up listening to their opinions and didn't take the chance to let their own voice be heard. People believed that their voice didn't matter.

That's leads us to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Both of them are very similar, no matter how much anyone wants to deny it. They've been the center of many controversies and many scandals since before their campaigns started. They both have flip-flopped on many of their "beliefs" that their primary voters hold near and dear to their hearts. Not to mention that they have both said many bad things about the other.

But why gripe about it when it's our fault that it ended up this way?

Partially because it didn't. People can say that the election is rigged, and it is. But it's not rigged towards one candidate or the other. It's rigged against the people actually voting.

The electoral college is wildly controversial system that our government uses to tally the votes. I mean, how can one candidate get the majority of the votes, but not win the state or the election?

Well, in all but two states the candidate with the majority votes does get the electoral votes. And you may be asking yourself in saying that you saw a state with a lot of red go to Clinton, or a state with a lot of blue go to Trump. This is because those few counties that that candidate did win had the most population.

But in Nebraska and Maine electoral votes are awarded by proportional representation. This means that whoever wins the state gets 2 electoral votes and the rest of the votes are dividing up according to the results of the congressional districts.

It's why so many people just don't vote or believe that their voice won't be heard by voting.

Then, there's the states with the largest electoral votes. In this election, California will have 55, Texas has 38 and both Florida and New York have 29. These states have the largest populations. Also, I say "in this election" because the amount of electoral votes that a state has can change year by year, depending on population increase or decrease.

Would you believe that the largest state in the United States, Alaska, only gets three electoral votes?

There are some that agree with this current system, and there are also some that disagree. Many think that the fact that the electoral college exists is fine, but it should all be determined by proportional representation, like Maine and Nebraska. Some people think we should scrap it all together and it should be by popular vote.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and it should be open for a healthy debate. Feel free to comment below yours.