The fight for the right to vote in the United States - Nicki Beaman Griffin
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In the United States today, if you are over eighteen, a citizen, and the resident of a state, you can vote (with some exceptions). So, how have voting rights changed since the first election in 1789? Nicki Beaman Griffin outlines the history of the long fight for a more inclusive electorate.
Lesson by Nicki Beaman Griffin, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios.
Wish voting day was treated like a holiday so any one having to work could be sure to have opportunity. Also those being able to educated and travel if needed to vote. The issue about how there are those with special districts and how easily corrupt gerrymandering can be is no surprise besides counting of votes being messed up every year some way.
all these comments are from like 6 years ago but my teacher wants me to do this for school
Fr , I have an essay due in 4 hours
Came here from my chemistry class.
same and i'm ready to leave :[
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@@rianna741 yerp
It's time we give US citizens in Guam full voting rights as US citizens in the states. It's outrageous how our soldiers and our fellow Guamanians who are identified by the Guam Organic Act of 1950 as US citizens aren't given the rights they deserved. I hope after 64 years of oppression we the people of Guam are given the greatest gift of democracy the vote for our president and have our one and only delegate the the voice and power to vote on our country's bills and other issues.
Austin Fortuno totally!
Austin Fortuno Also the right to vote for the people of Puerto Rico since our people too enlist in the army to defend this country and allow us to become a state.
Become a state first. No, territory's do not get to vote because you pay less taxes. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
GLaDOnOS Congress could make those territories into states at any moment, they just won’t because rich people don’t want it. They don’t want more brown people being able to vote.
@@gladonos3384 That's blatantly false. The territories pay taxes like everyone else. If paying less were the standard to stop people from voting, almost no red states would be able to vote because they get back more from the government than they chip in.
I’m surprised they’ve left the comments on. I’m coming from school.
Same
i just on my other account doing school heh
@@butters3472 same. I use my main account for RUclips because my mom turns the Wi-Fi off during school even though we have like 8 different breaks during the day. So I use my iPad to watch RUclips during those breaks.
"To all people who needs justice gets justice by power of protest and raising power of civil rights" Mrs.C and J.
if you were on a ship, but didnt know it's inner mechanisms and workings, shouldnt you still have a say in whom the captain, and what the destination should be? (assuming everyone got to chose that)
who else is learning this in school lol
dream27 e? Me
I’m living it, told I have to pay 175 dollars to get a voter ID
yup
Lucky. All I got in school was having a mock vote where I was not allowed to pick my choices from being party of the two party system. I asked if there was another choice and so teacher picked for me.
Me lol
Voting isn't simply encouraged enough or the right way. Like choosing the lesser of two evils.
+Brandon Sparkman We should not have to settle for choosing the lesser of evils. Voting needs a fundamental change, the option to vote NO instead of YES. It will increase voter participation and reduce the influence of extremist. Trump is a good illustration why we need it. facebook.com/NegativeVoteInternational/
It isn't encouraged enough for people to understand how governments are such as checks and balances. Instead only blame one leader, worship conspiracies, and stay clueless about reality of laws and how they come to be. This all parties besides the them verses us mentality. Shrug
Seems like a; half full, half empty comment. I make sure I am choosing the one best suited to run my country; I don't take this responsibility litely !!!
I feel like Americans think that the fact that we have to vote means we are not free. I have been interested in politics from a young age because I have to vote. Not just that, I want to vote! I want to have my say. Theres a reason why we have so many more benefits in Australia, its because we all get involved and vote for what we want. The fact that we have to vote has only gotten us more interested in it. We have to do it, so we may as well make it count!
TheAmandism Americans believe other countries aren't free because we see them having their human rights taken away. I was particularly bothered by Australians not having the right to defend themselves..
Mandatory gun buyouts........ that's the first step to genocide we learn from history. We think genocide is bad. Because in history people complained about it.
Here in Australia, once you turn 18 you have to vote, it's compulsory for all Australian citizens over 18. When you turn 16 you can choose to vote but its not compulsory. Not doing so and you can be fined up to $2000. Bit harsh but works for us....
Izzy Moten That's not good.
Everyones solution for America is to make it less free. We need that PR department to tell the world that were communist and kill her own citizens . Maybe then people quit trying to make America less great.
So everyone follows politics
Proportional power is what you explained, as more people vote the power of a single vote decreases. But the intrinsic value of the vote does not, you have a say and no matter how many people vote you still have that say. The value of something is not linked to its power, it's linked to its principle.
This is a assignment I have to do for class , I wanna come back years later lol
this video was really informative and REALLY really smooth to follow.
That's why I like the AV voting system, it allows people to vote for candidates that don't have a chance of winning to grow that party/candidate and show support, but still vote for other parties that might have a chance of winning
Love this video really informative and easy to follow
The US used a first past the post voting system. As an independent, I often feel like my vote is wasted unless I strategically vote for the major party that I dislike less. If we had the alternative vote (where you can rank your choices) or something else that doesn't always result in 2 parties (or at worst, a strong minor party that cause the spoiler effect) I would feel like my vote counted more and be more likely to vote more often.
Lol I’m just learning this in school like if your teachers read the comments cause my teacher might read mines 😂😅
TedEd should make a video on; how can you become a president.
I prefer CGP Grey for such explanations.
I think the reason some people don't vote is because they might be homeless and they need to focus on getting food and shelter.
I agree with you
The video said 40 percent of people who can vote don't. So that's a lot more people than the homeless population. It's a good question our country needs to ask ourselves why so many, almost half the amount of eligible Americans aren't voting. I believe people living in poverty and the working-class are less likely to vote because they don't believe their vote matters or they're too busy working and living paycheck to paycheck to worry about voting. Unfortunately, that means no one in the government is going to be concerned about the political values of the working class because they don't vote and so they really have no sway.
and/or don't care
@@mackenziekyle5814 you think people who are homeless decide to live without shelter because they are lazy? No one chooses to be without a roof over their head
also how can you register to vote if you dont have an address, think a little and lead with some compassion
To continue, in case you still don't get it.
In order to maintain the women's new status in society after the war, they need voting rights to keep it.
Feminism also appears during and after the Vietnam War.
I'm telling you man, every war is a catalyst for changes.
Humankind would be even more advanced if we're in a matriarch society because we would have countless mini wars every month, period.
Why are hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the campaign for only 2 parties? How about asking that question in the video. Where is the democracy in that?
You're right. Pragmatic centrists don't have the patience to deal with the way things are and many do not participate in the political process. But this gives the ideologues free reign. The worse things get, the more the pragmatists turn away from politics and the more the ideologues' votes count. That's why I think that people should at least vote for the best of the lot even if that person will not win, merely as a protest vote and to give a good quality candidate hope they can win.
I've seen his videos and I live in a country where we have the 1,2,3,etc... system and other improvements on the US system. But the fact remains if you're dissatisfied and want things to change, you have to vote. That is the only point I'm making. "Fear politics" is another issue and one that I can't cover completely in a single comment, but the short solution is to stop being afraid of the opposition and vote for who you actually want, compromise is for the politicians, not the ballot box.
I haven't missed a single election since I turned 18. I'm still 19 but that's 3 more elections than most 19 year olds ever went to
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pls can someone do an summary?
Does any one else have this for school work?
Anyone could make a summary please??
do your own homework
The right to vote is shared by all. The responsibilities that come with it however are very unequally distributed. The draft for example expects only men to defend their rights and country.
did anyone else notice how the Confederate battle flag was superimposed upon the flag of the German Empire
It's your choice if you vote or not, but it's really irritating how so many people complain about their presidents/mayors but don't vote.
Your'e not even trying to make a difference.
I don't vote because politics in our country is not controlled by public opinion, and what's best for the nation, but rather by private money and what's best for the banks. The system needs fixed - get money out of politics.
The US has never been a democracy, and the founding fathers never wanted it to be. Even the US Constitution states what this country was intended to be: a republic.
Article IV Section 4, "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion..."
"We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments."
-Alexander Hamilton 1787
"Democracy has never been, and never can be, so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. … Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty."
-John Adams 1814
"Democracies have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
-James Madison
The U.S. is a democracy. The term "democracy" is more generic than you're making it out to be. So is "republic," for that matter. The U.S. is a "republican form of government" that happens to also be a democracy.
Axel Trumbo What, then, do you define "democracy" to be?
I'll just give you a couple of examples from dictionary.com:
(1) democracy: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
(2) republic: a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
Both of these definitions overlap.
That's interesting. Under the definition I'm aware of, the Dictionary.com definition of "democracy" actually describes a republic. A democracy, as far as my definition goes, involves direct votes by the people for bills, laws, etc., and a republic involves elected officials to do the same job. To the best of my knowledge, the definition of democracy that I've just given is the definition that the founding fathers assumed. I suppose if you want to define democracy according to Dictionary.com's definition though, then yes, we are a democracy.
I think a big factor in this whole democracy v. republic debate is that people are defining the words differently. Two people can be in complete agreement on what the U.S. government is, but one person is calling it a democracy and another is calling it a republic. Anyway, just a thought.
Always nice to see a new TED-talk in my subscriptions
SOME 17 YEAR OLDS CAN VOTE IN PRIMARIES IN THE USA. We should recognize that in 16 states in our nation, some 17 year olds can vote in the primaries and caucasus. In the general election in November, you have to be 18 years old. But some states allow 17 year old young people to vote in the primaries. These laws usually state that if a young person is 18 before the November election, he has a right to vote in the general election, AND ALSO in the primary that is linked to that election. In the 2018 election the following states allow 17 year olds to vote in primaries, Nebraska, New Mexico, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine. Let's get the 17 year old to vote in the 2018 primaries. Let's look forward to the 2018 election.
because of the electoral college and where i live whether i vote or not does not effect the outcome WHATSOEVER. so i refuse to waste time and the inconvenience to go to the polls. hopefully in the next couple years i will live somewhere else where the population is more diverse and my vote is actually important. It is so bull that where you live dictates how important your vote is. Everyone's vote should be weighed EQUALLY. the electoral college needs to go now that everyone is eligible to vote
Anyone who is interested in protest, politics, justice, civil rights, or social science should join together to protest every court of U.S. to fight for Puero Ricans have the right to vote and join together as allies to support the protest and the Puerto Ricans have the right to vote. From Mrs.C and J solve my real name investigators for you to know so you will be surprised that i was supporting for Putero Ricans for civil rights and justice. From Mrs.C and J
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I don't vote because I'm so fed up with the political system. The Two Party System is joke! They should abolish that system and the primary elections . We should also get rid of the electoral votes while we're at it.
Vote can change everything! Use your right to change the world!
I think people should at least have to demonstrate a basic knowledge of government in order to vote. I mean seriously if you don't know what the 3 branches of government are, or the duties of those in office, I don't want you picking our leaders.
I agree that nobody should vote for candidates that they do not support but I think that people should vote for candidates they support no matter if they're gonna win or lose. Because if people are not going to do that then propagating that the other side hasn't got a chance is a good victory strategy.
It's better to vote for the major party you kind of agree with than a 3rd party you totally agree with, because your vote can only count towards one and the party you disagree with is not usually sharing their vote with a 3rd party at the same time. By voting 3rd party, you're in a very real way helping the party you least agree with. This is a fundamental flaw with a "1 person 1 vote" or "first past the pole" voting system. People don't vote for who they want, they vote against who they don't.
Why doesn’t everybody vote? IF I didn’t feel that none of the listed candidates (doesn’t have to the entire ballot, just for certain offices) are fit to be in office, what happens if I wrote that in? Will it have an actual effect?
People don't vote because they have lost their faith in the vote. Which is wrong; people should vote to at least be counted. All I know is that at least they see: Male, Hispanic, etc. when I place my vote. That is good enough for me because the more Hispanics (or any other ethnicity) vote the more they will be heard. Being silent is the single most devastating thing anyone can do for their people; so go vote and let your voice be heard.
1965?! 19-65?!
ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IS THE LAW IN 31 STATES IN THE USA. In past elections, thousands of honest citizens were denied the vote simply because they were not registered to vote. Online registration gives citizens another chance to register. You may also have the right to do an address change or a name change online. You usually have to have a state driver's license or a state ID card to register online. To get more information, and to receive online registration services, and to be linked up to your specific state, go to Google and google in "register to vote." EVERY STATE is important to vote in, not just the battleground states. We must vote for the President, but we must also vote for ALL of the down ballot candidates, including senators, representatives etc. Let's get everyone registered to vote. THEN LET'S EVERYONE VOTE IN NOVEMBER!
Online voter registration is now the law in 37 states. More and more states are changing their laws to allow online voter registration. LET'S EVERYONE VOTE IN 2020.
One item I rarely see talked about is why is franchise ever limited?
This type of thinking is a major issue, to your first question, you can always vote for whom ever you want. To your second, it's important to vote for the candidate you want regardless of a chance of winning. e.g. in the last potus election if someone like Gary Johnson received 5% of the vote the Libertarian party would have received government funding and equal ballot access, taking us closer to a three party system. Hopefully the 1% he did receive will lead to more votes next time.
Sorry on the last post the copy and paste of the playlist didn't work so I instead linked to the videos on his site. I highly encourage watching these videos, they do an great job explaining the voting system.
cgpgrey.com/the-electoral-college/
cgpgrey.com/politics-in-the-animal-kingdom/
NO Reason being CORPORATIONS BUY OUT HOUR VOTE.
I believe if that these two amendments should suffice this ordeal
1"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
2"Corporations are not people. They have none of the Constitutional rights of human beings. Corporations are not allowed to give money to any politician, directly or indirectly. No politician can raise over $100 from any person or entity. All elections must be publicly financed."
NOTE: IF anyone sees a problem please explain why.
Corporations are job creators and the courts have judged that corporations are people. Therefore these job creators should have the right to be involved in politics.
If there's no candidate on the ballot which you support then why vote? And if there is a candidate you support but who has no chance of winning at all then why vote for that candidate?
This is a great video for lessons today but it just needs to update the mention of felons cannot vote.
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I am registered to vote but I do not vote due to my tribal history. I would like to learn why people vote.
An answer for the final question, they might like the "democracy" climate at present.
It's 2024 and an election year and it's, just, wow.
UhM whos here from school-
uhm me and im so confused T-T
@@kyrawarren3756 yeah-
meh
Irrationality is a human quality. It's a bit like divergent thinking. Not necessary, or good, but inadvertently incredibly useful. As for the voting in of prolific candidates, two things to consider. There is little chance that a teenager would blindly vote for whichever candidate because he was told. Secondly, younger children would not be conditioned to vote for certain parties anymore than they are now and so posterity escapes our control.
You have to work within the system to change it. Working from the outside would be a revolution and is usually more expensive and disruptive to society.
that being said I have no idea what proportional power is lol
Make texting or online voting possible and only take a few minutes and you would see twice the amount of votes each term.
All citizens should vote. Immigrants know what's best for them. Felons, know what brought them to commit it and how harsh prison actually is. If they vote "wrongly", the majority will make sure it won't matter
Women, children and felons should not vote period.
@@antonioyeats2149 o.o
@@Ghostly_writer those who aren't required to be pressed into military service in the event of a war
@@antonioyeats2149 o.o
@@Ghostly_writer 🤷
Why am I learning about this now
It's ironic how the video says "Of course everyone can vote cause democracy is important to America", when prisoners not being able to vote is extremely backwards to any European country.
what makes it even worse is how MUCH of america are or have been in prison.
I think if you don't vote then you can't talk bad about the government. Most Americans and other people in the world doesn't take granted for voting.
People who say if you don't vote don't complain: I know that I don't vote because of pure disgust for how our voting system works. Reform the voting system entirely. I hate how the voting system here in America is. My vote statistically means nothing because I am not properly represented by a candidate from our two party system that has a third party that very few vote for. I would think that if we had to rank all the candidates in order from most liked to least liked that would turn out better.
Your assumption is that the third party candidates are of higher quality. I have been active in third party politics for over a decade, the quality of third party candidates is just as bad. The problem lies not in the electoral college, or party system. It lies in a primary season that benefits only ideologues (those with strict or fundamentalist views on subjects), and not pragmatic centrists.
Because of the electoral college many people feel like their vote dosen't matter; or "my whole state is almost all republican, my one vote won't make a difference either way". Can we get a video explaining how the electoral college works?
I wish I could "favorite" your comment!
I'll just thumbs it up as I can! :)
we need to half every public office's terms. the office is a service, not a career; it should be a temporary position.They are serving us we are not serving them. If every politician was constantly up for re-election then these people would make better choices with their acitons.
i dont vote because all the parties are the same! the slight difference in them are not enough to change anything, so whats the point. Plus there is the fact that even if there is a big difference, i never agree on everything of each parties so i end up picking the that will do less damage as a pose to the party that will do the most good. i think there should be a 'none' option, if it wins then we have to have another election right away with all new candidates.
the main core purpose of voting is to vote the right person who will be able to make the country a better place for everyone overall.
The problem with current voting system is that people who has no basic education can vote too. Those people have hard time distinguishing lies and false promises that politicians blurt out.
I am not going against any particular race or culture to vote (actually its the opposite).
I believe that we need literacy requirement test in order to vote, which is not biased against any race or culture, but test that looks if that person has minimum education level in order to make the right vote.
Why don’t more of us vote? Because no single citizen has even a small fraction of a say in who selects our president or other elected officials, the electoral college does.
Given the current nature of politics by both sides of the aisle I can see why most people don't. And looking at the actions of politics on a more local level in Detroit I can see more of where people loose faith in the elective system if none of the candidates being offered are any good, or have proven to be no good in the past (Kwame, as a Detroit example). As well, I could venture to argue that indep/3rd party candidates sort of need more energy to look into than what most have by day's end.
They dont do it because it doesnt much of a difference on who you vote for
I don't vote because my vote doesn't count. I am a republican living in the state of NY. It just doesn't matter who I vote for. After all, NY electoral votes go to a democrat candidate. I hope they get rid of the electoral college so every vote will count.
I can't move because of my job. Moving isn't as easy as you think. Besides, I won't move in order to make my votes count. I rather not vote.
Until paper ballot voting is restored, there seems to me no reason to waste my time when my vote has an equal chance of not being counted or counted correctly depending on whom it is I decide to attempt to cast said vote for
I also had no idea that some citizens did not have the right to vote. Why? Doesnt it contradict everything you believe in to not give them the freedom to choose to vote or not?
TheAmandism All American citizens have a right to vote unless they're convicted criminals. If you can't legally vote you can vote is a dead person for a Democrat, they don't need to show no stinking ID.
Why is at minute 2:34 a flag of the German Empire with a Confederation Flag on it?
I believe that the presidential they should absolutely be a national holiday and yes, we have forgotten a whole population of people in Puerto Rico.
Who had to watch this during school?
What about the Native Americans? When did they get the right to vote?
Ian Newton They can vote
They can vote
They got the right to vote in 1924 when they became citizens although some states didn’t allow them to vote until 1965.
All citizens including criminals should have the right to vote.
look up CGPgrey's channel he did several videos about how voting is now and possible reforms
Coming to this comment section to see if anyone from my school recognizes me
Vote with your money. That's the only vote that counts.
Where in voting law does it say felons can't vote? If they have served their time, can they vote? Why not?
who are the 29% that cant?
Those under 18
Uhh, you left out how we don't have the voting rights act anymore......
I have taught my children the governments ,federal/states/local are to tax you,so vote for your self interest.....4 of our 7 sons are old enough to vote and do so....
this is wrong. women could vote. voting rights in 1776 allowed both men and women to vote however they must own land.
Learning this for school
Republic is the form of government.
Democracy is the method of choosing the government.
It's both. It's a democratic republic.
There are lots of independents worth voting for, but people don't vote for them because they don't have tons of money to spend on advertising and campaign management. People refuse to vote for candidates unless they have multimillion dollar warchests, so we are essentially getting what we ask for: politicians that have been paid for by industry and the mega wealthy.
Esto es para mi school
oh my god i’m doing a ted talk on voting rights as a project.
While I wholeheartedly agree this would disenfranchise the large majority of people who do vote including many people currently in office which is why it would never pass. I mean for love of all that is awesome most people are apparently unaware of Section 8 of Article 1(let alone any other section) of the US Constitution or if they are they don't care that the people reporting the news clearly don't.
How do the voters have rights if after all the votes are in the one with the most votes looses? As long as elector votes determin the winner the people have not gotten who THEY voted for. Elector areas are set up to give the rich the way to get who they want not the regular person. Voters rights can not be used to upset the rich. Rights will only be upheld if is counted one vote means somethig.
Get rid of primaries, replace them with weighted voting and you would see revolution in the quality of candidates elected. It will never happen, because the two parties know that would be the end of themselves.
Also the idea that there are "lots of independents" is crazy. There are a few...very few...too few. Mostly because they almost never win.