There were 6,028 Academy Award voters the last time they were surveyed in detail in 2014. (Photo: Instagram, @gregomichel)
The voters are all active industry professionals with recent credits in films. (Photo: Instagram, @thacademy)
94% of Oscar voters are white, according to the last survey done by the Los Angeles Times. (Photo: Instagram, @lider949fm)
76% of the Oscar voters are men, the survey found. (Photo: Instagram, @moovie_gab)
Only 2% of Oscar voters are black. (Photo: Instagram, @ttsart21)
Another tiny 2% contingent represents Latinos. (Photo: Instagram, @alejandrogonzalezinarritu)
There are different voting branches and voters cast their votes in their fields only. Everyone votes for Best Picture, though. (Photo: Instagram, @nadia.arian2)
After all 17 (15 in 2014) branches have voted, auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers uses a weighting system to come up with the five nominees from every category. (Photo: Instagram, @itsallaboutcinema)
Only Best Picture and the four acting categories need more than 100 votes for a nomination. (Photo: Instagram, @mrnice757)
Sectional voting explains why a Best Picture nomination doesn’t necessarily mean a Best Director nomination. (Photo: Instagram, @movie.series.ir)
Once nominations are made, it gets simple: Every member votes in every category. (Photo: Instagram, @sebarmani)
Voters of the Golden Globes don’t vote for the Oscars. (Photo: Instagram, @lucanif)
The Academy members vote for the Oscars, while the Hollywood Foreign Press Association votes for the Golden Globes. (Photo: Instagram, @kacper_mos)
Academy voting members can, however, be influenced by Golden Globes results as Oscar voting deadlines often fall after the Golden Globes ceremony. (Photo: Instagram, @celebrity.persian)
The Academy has announced it will aim to change the way it votes to avoid another #OscarsSoWhite controversy, but who does the actual voting? Here are some facts about Oscar voting that might shock you.
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