How Swing States Control The US Elections

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024

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  • @gabrielwang4321
    @gabrielwang4321 3 года назад +172

    Texas hasn’t switched in so long and it’s surprising that it’s now slowly starting to be considered a swing state

    • @argus4650
      @argus4650 3 года назад +15

      *Cough* immi *cough* gration

    • @WeatherManToBe
      @WeatherManToBe 3 года назад +43

      @@argus4650 actually, it's more correlated with increase education in Texas now a days. It's the silicon valley outside of Cali.

    • @gabrielwang4321
      @gabrielwang4321 3 года назад +19

      @@argus4650 there’s a case for that, but in fact there’s been a decrease in foreign immigration to Texas from MX for the past couple of yrs if that’s what you are referring to. It’s more due to the effect of national migration of US citizens relocating to Texas for jobs, land, etc. it’s just crazy how it is edging Texas to be a swing state.

    • @argus4650
      @argus4650 3 года назад +1

      @@WeatherManToBe I assume that's a part of it but I think we've all seen how the border districts vote.

    • @argus4650
      @argus4650 3 года назад +12

      @@gabrielwang4321
      Oh dammit I don't want to see the lone star state become another California. What'll be next Tennessee or Florida.

  • @ethanburrell5661
    @ethanburrell5661 3 года назад +16

    New York will never switch wtf

  • @ilect1690
    @ilect1690 3 года назад +5

    DC is truely blue, voted democrat every election since it got the 3 votes

  • @eliasemanueloliveiradasilv8020
    @eliasemanueloliveiradasilv8020 Год назад +8

    in Brazil our swing state which is Minas Gerais. since 1950, whoever wins the elections there also wins in the country. amazonas, rio de janeiro and rio grande do sul were also considered swing states, but recently the last two have moved a lot to the right, like florida.

  • @sirdominic7209
    @sirdominic7209 3 года назад +7

    Fs in the chat for Nebraska and Maine in the thumbnail.

  • @therkelleher
    @therkelleher 3 года назад +12

    I'll never understand why the USA uses an electoral college to vote for a president. They represent the whole country, so the person who the whole country votes for, should win.

    • @numbuh98
      @numbuh98 3 года назад +2

      What's hard to understand? State A doesn't represent State B and State B doesn't represent State C. Most populated state doesn't represent the less populated state. It's for that reason the electoral vote is use in the US.

    • @therkelleher
      @therkelleher 3 года назад +9

      @Arc Red So you're saying because you're born in the countryside your vote is more important than theirs?

    • @therkelleher
      @therkelleher 3 года назад +3

      @@numbuh98 That's exactly the point I am making, the president is meant to represent all states, which means all states should have equal voting representation. The only way to do this is by using popular vote. People vote, not land. I live in a country which has states but when we vote for our president we dont give disproportionate representation to certain states. Its whoever's gets the most votes in the whole country.

    • @jeremiahduran7238
      @jeremiahduran7238 3 года назад

      Ronan Kelleher the US is not a democracy bro.

    • @therkelleher
      @therkelleher 3 года назад +2

      @Arc Red Maybe that's the reason the USA is so divided. If you voted using the popular vote they wouldn't be trying to pander to one side of your population. They would have to be fair and equal to both sides.

  • @bradleymaravalli2851
    @bradleymaravalli2851 Месяц назад

    The easiest proposal is to change how electoral points are calculated is on a state-by-state basis. Look at Maine and Nebraska, where the points are calculated based on Congressional districts.

  • @Ese_osa
    @Ese_osa 13 дней назад

    So it’s not about majority vote rule and yet the USA wants to school the world on democracy. Is it supposed to be about state or the people

  • @Jandipark424
    @Jandipark424 Месяц назад

    3 years and half did a lot to JOE BIDEN . GOD bless him! he was so great. I hope he can finally spend his full time with his family and friends without stress and fights.

  • @tanishrajbhansali3544
    @tanishrajbhansali3544 3 года назад +2

    Chaurangi stop kaunsi hain??🤣🤣🤣

  • @angelodjapa2600
    @angelodjapa2600 3 года назад

    Wow this is very interesting.

  • @kaustubhmaydeo722
    @kaustubhmaydeo722 3 года назад

    POV: u came here after u saw Texas as a swing state

  • @matcrispy3748
    @matcrispy3748 2 года назад

    trump: one term twice impeached
    biden: vice president & president

  • @sixtogonzaga655
    @sixtogonzaga655 3 года назад

    They should change the system. Each should just be given 1 point no matter the population and that should be the basis whoever wins. Coz if its by popular vote states with smaller population are at a disadvantage

  • @jabes3615
    @jabes3615 3 года назад +56

    Imagine living in a safe state where the party that's dominant is not your party.

    • @legojake7730
      @legojake7730 3 года назад +10

      man that must suck
      source: me

    • @curranfrank2854
      @curranfrank2854 3 года назад +7

      Wisconsin's technically a flip state but the state legislature is so gerrymandered that Republicans hold over 60% of the seats despite getting less than half the votes. yaay. . .

    • @matthewscott9432
      @matthewscott9432 2 года назад +3

      Maryland Republican here I can confirm that it sucks although we have a republican governor which is nice

    • @rosenberry9150
      @rosenberry9150 2 года назад +1

      @@matthewscott9432 the weird thing about Maryland Republicans, MOST of them are MODERATES. Like Logan Hogan or Larry Harry (R), Governor of Maryland. Compared to Midwest or Southern Republicans, Northeastern Republicans are definitely moderates, which is kinda shocking because west coast republicans aren't as moderate even though Northeastern Republicans are located mostly on Safe Blue States just like the West Coast Republicans.

    • @stevenplayzzz172
      @stevenplayzzz172 Год назад

      @@matthewscott9432 not anymore

  • @AL3X2011
    @AL3X2011 3 года назад +133

    Woah mama this system is broken.

    • @siononalundula1699
      @siononalundula1699 3 года назад +9

      @Coach Dusky -A runoff system or an instant-runoff system for Presidential Elections.
      -Elections held on Saturdays, not Tuesdays.
      -Election Day is a National Holiday, so people don’t have to choose between work to provide for their families and exercising their right to vote.
      -Proportional Representation or half-proportional/half-constituency representation in Congress.
      -Ranked-Choice Voting for constituencies.
      -Ranked-Choice Voting or runoff elections for the senate.
      -Grant statehood to Territories that want to become states.
      -If we MUST keep the Electoral College then get rid of winner-take-all. The candidates get a number of electoral votes in a state that is proportional to the percentage of the popular vote that they got in said state.
      -Give Puerto Rico at least 2 Electoral Votes.
      Guam, Northern Marianas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa at least 1 Electoral Vote Each.
      -Grant D.C Statehood if that’s what its people want. If not, then exempt them from paying Federal Income Tax, because that’s Taxation Without Representation.
      -Allow the Representatives from the Territories to have a vote in the House.
      -Grant the People of American Samoa 🇦🇸 U.S. Citizenship, because they don’t have it for literally no reason.
      There’s so much that can be done to make this system better and fairer.
      The people in power just won’t do it because they benefit from the system being broken.

    • @rosenberry9150
      @rosenberry9150 2 года назад +1

      @@siononalundula1699 Best Comment Ever (BCE) of March 2022 (even though its published a year ago)

    • @Haaaaaaaaarper
      @Haaaaaaaaarper 11 месяцев назад

      @@siononalundula1699 very good comment

  • @nsrivatsa5167
    @nsrivatsa5167 Год назад +9

    Whos here after Ohio, Iowa, Florida, Virginia and Colorado arent swing states anymore

  • @ryanferensic7884
    @ryanferensic7884 3 года назад +17

    Texas last time it went Blue was in 1976 for Carter, I guess this video was talking about margin of errors

    • @rosenberry9150
      @rosenberry9150 2 года назад +4

      Nope, its just talking about how close the margin is in Texas, that's the only thing that makes Texas labeled as a 'Swing State'

  • @James-jh2ec
    @James-jh2ec 3 года назад +13

    Nice video. Now I can understand how the system works in USA 🇺🇸. I live in EU 🇪🇺.

    • @w925gaming6
      @w925gaming6 3 года назад +1

      @@Waffle17 it can happen in the UK too as our system is on one seat per constituency though I guess its more balanced than the US's way of doing things.

  • @andrepoiy1199
    @andrepoiy1199 3 года назад +18

    California is so blue though

    • @ToothlesstheNightFury510
      @ToothlesstheNightFury510 3 года назад +8

      eh yeah it’s mostly blue but there’s tons of red counties more in the valley area where the food is grown but there’s definitely the quiet ones in the cities I’m in Bay Area and like 99% of ppl speaking out are for Biden

    • @abhigyanbg5764
      @abhigyanbg5764 3 года назад +3

      Yeah, because conservative policy does not necessarily favour tech employees and artists. Moreover, California's industries are heavily dependent on immigration.

    • @iqmikal
      @iqmikal 3 года назад

      It's blue, but I think Ronald Reagan won it if I am not mistaken. So it can swing even if rarely.

    • @joaquinjr2570
      @joaquinjr2570 3 года назад

      @@ToothlesstheNightFury510 yeah because the people in the Bay Area view Biden as a republicans

    • @kovnqwer
      @kovnqwer 3 года назад +1

      Rip

  • @contract_to_kill
    @contract_to_kill 3 года назад +22

    Imagine watching a video like this and then still defending the electoral college

  • @SaadAliArts
    @SaadAliArts 3 года назад +3

    After 2020 census reappointment
    Florida will be a very import State having 31 electoral votes

  • @ReneAlanisJr
    @ReneAlanisJr 3 года назад +39

    As a Texan, I love seeing us listed as a swing state

    • @Ihategobblegum
      @Ihategobblegum 3 года назад +9

      We been a red state since 1980 so this is cap

    • @roxylius7550
      @roxylius7550 3 года назад +2

      By definition of swing state as they described in the video, then yes Texas has turned into swing state.

    • @nathanrakhman7176
      @nathanrakhman7176 3 года назад +1

      @Coach Dusky For this election, yes it will go red. But I'm worried that more and more liberals are moving into these red states, infesting it with their liberal ideals. They run away from places like Cali only to vote for the same Democratic policies in red states like Arizona, Texas, and Florida. I fear that the next election and on Texas going red won't be so easy...

    • @lawrencepascasio2076
      @lawrencepascasio2076 3 года назад +20

      @Coach Dusky Let Texas voters choose it's fate, Texans are Texans and telling Texans that their not Texans because they vote for Dems is just very ignorant

    • @HurricaneJahya
      @HurricaneJahya 3 года назад

      @Coach Dusky Trump barely, I mean barely squeaked out Texas.

  • @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842
    @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842 3 года назад +16

    me : wait it's a game all along?
    us gov : always has been

  • @ryanferensic7884
    @ryanferensic7884 3 года назад +2

    Nebraska state wide if you take out just winning districts has been a solid Red State for over 40 years, last Democrat to win Nebraska was LBJ in 1964, yeah Obama won a district but LBJ was the last Democrat to win it as a whole and the last time Minnesota went Red was 1972 it should be Blue on the begging map as well

  • @mohammadshahidhusaini2464
    @mohammadshahidhusaini2464 3 года назад +3

    0:37 I find it strange when someone say TEXAS as a swing state...last time it was democratic was back in 1992.

  • @user-wd3po8sd7k
    @user-wd3po8sd7k 9 дней назад

    How is this democratic? Shouldn’t majority rule?

  • @ThatBoyMichael1
    @ThatBoyMichael1 3 года назад +1

    TEXAS FOR BIDEN!! I mean both parties suck rn but it’s better than racist trump. Here comes the trump supporters 🤣

    • @tonydent6315
      @tonydent6315 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/dwoN-FvVEsA/видео.html&feature=emb_title

  • @taylorl1214
    @taylorl1214 3 года назад +2

    Won’t the electoral map be redrawn again this year?

  • @JamesD401
    @JamesD401 15 дней назад

    Who’s here for the 2024 election

  • @escapegrl1
    @escapegrl1 3 года назад +2

    MI for Trump!

  • @HonorViego
    @HonorViego 3 года назад +9

    TRUMP
    2020

  • @kindnessfirst9670
    @kindnessfirst9670 Год назад

    New York and Massechussetts have consistently voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate the last 4 decades. How does that make them swing states???

  • @redfox5744
    @redfox5744 3 года назад +1

    First

  • @ryanferensic7884
    @ryanferensic7884 3 года назад +1

    That’s true at the end in reality no Truly Red or Blue State every state has went Red at least once or more and every state has went blue once or more times in History

    • @sigmaballsnetwork
      @sigmaballsnetwork 3 года назад +1

      DC has never gone red.

    • @insanity_mordor
      @insanity_mordor 2 года назад

      @@sigmaballsnetwork Not a state

    • @at-qh6em
      @at-qh6em 2 месяца назад

      @@insanity_mordormore important than some

  • @ms.diva0726
    @ms.diva0726 3 года назад +9

    Come on Texas

    • @jackimoon8284
      @jackimoon8284 3 года назад

      COME ON YALLL!!💪🔥

    • @southerncyborg5387
      @southerncyborg5387 3 года назад

      @@jackimoon8284 Texas is redder than a stop sign

    • @gabrielwang4321
      @gabrielwang4321 3 года назад +2

      @@southerncyborg5387 I don’t know what purple stop sign you are looking at; but here in Texas stop signs are red.

    • @jackimoon8284
      @jackimoon8284 3 года назад +1

      @@southerncyborg5387 LOVE that you have blue stop signs where you’re from! I’m jealous 👏

    • @southerncyborg5387
      @southerncyborg5387 3 года назад +1

      Bookmarking this. See you November 3rd

  • @lorenzjudeceloso2444
    @lorenzjudeceloso2444 3 года назад +1

    Pennsylvania will be the Tipping Point State of 2020

  • @Haaaaaaaaarper
    @Haaaaaaaaarper 10 месяцев назад

    lovely vid.
    Electoral College gotta go.

  • @x_isaka
    @x_isaka 3 года назад

    florida supported trump..for sure.

  • @andyjackson115
    @andyjackson115 3 года назад

    1820 Electoral College > Present Electoral College

  • @Bob_Ugee
    @Bob_Ugee Год назад

    The last line though

  • @johnlecraw6065
    @johnlecraw6065 3 года назад +1

    I dont think Minnesota is a swing state tho

    • @bendsomemetal
      @bendsomemetal 3 года назад

      Trump almost won it in 2016

    • @johnlecraw6065
      @johnlecraw6065 3 года назад

      @@bendsomemetal ohh yeahh youre right😅 all I knew was theyve been blue since like 1976. I didnt know it was close in 2016

    • @bendsomemetal
      @bendsomemetal 3 года назад +2

      @@johnlecraw6065 Yeah. It was the only state that did not vote for Reagan in his 1984 landslide victory

    • @dompedroii4656
      @dompedroii4656 3 года назад

      In the reality Minnesota is not so blue as you think, in 2016 Hillary won the state with 46% of the votes and trump stay with 45% and the other 4% is for independent candidates.

  • @jthb
    @jthb 3 года назад +7

    TRUMP 2020

  • @apersonyouknow6155
    @apersonyouknow6155 3 года назад

    third lol

  • @vonzer61
    @vonzer61 3 года назад

    Very good video, nice work!

  • @jeronimoarrubla9834
    @jeronimoarrubla9834 3 года назад +9

    TRUMP 2020!!!

  • @erikgoleb
    @erikgoleb 3 года назад +6

    President Trump 2020 🇺🇸

  • @TEETIMEE
    @TEETIMEE 3 года назад +3

    Trump 2020

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 3 года назад

      kek Nope!

    • @TEETIMEE
      @TEETIMEE 3 года назад

      Nope what? He’s still gonna be the President ya know right?

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 3 года назад

      @@TEETIMEE Hey comment back here on January 20 when Biden is sworn in. The vote is already confirmed how long are you planning on holding onto your delusion?

    • @TEETIMEE
      @TEETIMEE 3 года назад

      @@hiimjustin8826 where do you think it’s confirmed?

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 3 года назад

      @@TEETIMEE Oh my bad, you're right. Lots of states of certified but not enough to put Biden over the hill. Still, Trump would have to win court cases in 3 of the biggest states AND would have to have decisions that would change the vote counts enough to be in the lead. The courts don't "decide" elections. They just settle disputes on the process. So all of that, don't you think that's kind of a long shot? I mean 99% likely Biden will be president on Jan. 20

  • @josephmarsh78
    @josephmarsh78 3 года назад +6

    Joe Biden 2020 🙏🏼🙌💪

  • @curranfrank2854
    @curranfrank2854 3 года назад +2

    Because of our stupid electoral college, my vote matters way more than most of the country bc I live in Wisconsin. This needs to change

  • @lorinma
    @lorinma 3 года назад +2

    Seeing trumps picture makes me sick

  • @ProfOzone
    @ProfOzone 3 года назад +2

    Winner take all isn't an Electoral College rule, it's a rule that most states (all but two, as the video itself points out) have individually put in place. So don't "thank" the EC (or the US Constitution) for that. Thank your own state, and if you don't like it, take it up with them. Also, no one state, all by itself, has ever handed a person the Presidency. That's like saying if I win an election by ten votes, that those ten voters as a group single-handedly got me elected and no other votes other than those ten mattered. Which is ridiculous. Also, while it's true that the way things work now, a Presidential candidate could ignore all states except the largest 11 in order to get the electoral votes needed, for a variety of other reasons (also made obvious in the video itself), the candidates really must pay attention to all states, though admittedly they can spend fewer resources in states they think they'll definitely win and more resources in competitive states. It doesn't work perfectly because of flaws in state implementation, but it does provide an incentive for Presidential candidates to pay at least some level of attention to every state on the map, rather than just a fraction of higher-population states. Especially today, when a candidate doesn't have to visit your state for you to know what they're about, and living in a swing state mostly just means that you're annoyed by constant robo-calls... the notion that the current system gives some states "too much influence" is greatly exaggerated in this poorly put together video. And none of the problems with the system lie with the EC, but, rather, with how states have decided to select electors, so, again, if people don't like it, they should take it up with their states rather than trashing the EC.

    • @norben1162
      @norben1162 3 года назад

      Not in germany. here the partys have coalitions with eachother to govern and to do compromises.

  • @krishnachaitanya7435
    @krishnachaitanya7435 3 года назад

    Anyways, #Trump2020 ✌️