If it's not plugged into an outlet, it's a bit harder to electrocute yourself. Though, getting moist will still put a damper on that laptop's future reliability.
+G PCM Very true, private interests don't have America's interests which is by we're losing resources in job markets, education, the economy, and science at a linear rate. Big companies outsource jobs to people who are willing to work for small wages instead of people here in America because cheap labor is profitable. Then they open up stores and factories in the USA, but make sure their main headquarters are not actually in the USA so they can avoid high taxes or any tax at all while selling goods using consumerism and the materialistic ideology to sell goods at a high price in the USA which shrinks the middle and upper middle class because the money these big corporations steal do not go back into America's economy.
+Nobody for president! Nobody will keep election promises! Nobody will listen to your concerns! Nobody will help the poor and unemployed! Nobody cares! If Nobody is elected, things will get better for Everybody. Nobody tells the truth.
Adam Rose At this point, I'm sure anyone who truly desires real freedom from oppression will realize that America has changed greatly, since time times of our founding fathers. Special interest groups are taking over and are buying out freedom of speech and continuing to cheat the system and be above the law. If we want true freedom, equality, justice, and happiness for all, then we the people either need to make a better government system and destroy the old one in the fires of revolution or escape the current one and form a new nation free from the techniques of mind control techniques like propaganda and media manipulation and little to no corruption in the new governmental infrastructure. This sounds crazy now, but anyone can see the government's corruption and manipulation of we the people's free will. Presidential elections are not by we the people, they are funded by special interest groups and the elected are puppets.
If you're going to explore the Republican and Democratic parties could you also cover independents and why they would want to distance themselves from the party system? I'd love to see a researched and unbiased video on that. I am an independent and have my reasons... some of which are actually touched upon in this video, but I'd love to see a broader take on it, and maybe when effect, if any, we have on elections.
+Felipe Cyrineu I'm watching the news and they are saying 140 are dead, France are deploying 1,500 troops at the moment. A massacre. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Jesus Christ, only 30% of Americans have graduated from college? That's kind of a mind blowing fact. I guess I should no longer be surprised nor frustrated with the apparent vast amounts of ignorance I'm faced with every day online with regards to politics... sad.
The color balance/scheme on this episode really looked terrific! Also I was hoping that the 'flash-forward' of Craig punching the eagle would happen at the end of the video.
When people vote, they are making a statement about themselves. They know that their single vote will probably not matter much in the total election, unless the election turns out to be INCREDIBLY close. So really the act of voting is just way for us to confirm something we like to think about ourselves. Whether that thing is "I am a conservative" or "I hate the Iraq War" or "I care about poor people" or "I'm a red-blooded church-going American". It's all about a declaration of self.
So, I'm just starting out as a professor at the university level and I must say these videos are extremely helpful. I teach American Government, Campaigns and Elections and other government related courses and trying to find ways I can present information to students with limited to no background knowledge takes up SO much time. These videos are a pretty good place to get my bearings, though. Thanks!
I have to say I don't always know every candidate locally though I do make an effort before I vote. If I found I missed a race I will vote for my party's candidate as a fall back because I like the party positions and hope the candidate supports those positions as well.
strategic voting is a massive thing in my county but I don't know how important it is in the US considering they are a two party state(admittedly one reinforced by strategic voting)
In Ireland, weather has a statistically noticeable (that does not mean big, it means almost certainly existant) influence on the people/party we choose. Probably does in American too. Granted the only one I could imagine being remotely viable here from your current lot is Sanders.
+BBBuilds12 when the alternative is the exact same thing, but due to funding war, it makes sense to vote for the guy who voted against the Iraq and Afghanistan war and was a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war. half of the budget is just war. the US is literally subsidizing the military obligations of other countries like Japan, because we're to paranoid to let other countries handle their own shit. The military should be trimmed. Besides, Denmark doesn't have a stagnant economy, and the best economic times in the US had much higher taxes.
+Joe Mama Never going to happen lol. If America is supposedly the most free country in the world and our government is already shady as shit, the chance of any government being transparent is non existent. Unless someone or people manages to rise up as superior leaders and effectively removes all the corruption without becoming corrupt or getting killed by the status quo establishment.
I guess you forgot to recognize Anthony Downs' "An Economic Theory of Democracy" which explains some of the reasons why voters would not deliberately seek for information to form an educated decision
I'm curious, Craig, do you see this changing? I for one have seen more people voting based on issues, and the momentum behind Bernie Sanders indicates that there are a lot of people who have suddenly decided to become more informed voters because they see someone who is talking about the same issues they're concerned about, which they feel they've never seen before. I also would be curious to know if the "millennial" generation (those of us that vote) vote more on issues or based on party.
party loyalty is tied to issues because most people assume the candidate will act the way the party has in the past. if your a libertarian like me then you have to decide what issues will be important in the coming years and if the candidate feels strongly about the ones you care about.
Idk, I stay pretty educated about presidential elections at least, and the more educated I get, the more I feel like I couldn't vote for anyone from the other party.
+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen a flat rate of Base tax along with tax on income would work if done correct. so 10 of Base tax then different levels of tax after that depending on income so low earners no extra tax and highest earners 45 percent of income. has been done In a few countries quite well.
+Naveen Yeah sorry, but that would not work mostly because the top 1% make over 30% of the money. Problem is that most of these people make their money through either being paid in stock options or from capital gains. After several years most of that top 1% can sell their stocks for only a 20% tax because that is how the long term capital gains tax works. A flax tax isn't enough considering it would just inflate the taxes at the bottom and not effect the people who are really cheating the system.
Let's look at this logically. A CEO, makes an annual salary of $1,000,000. A middle class family rakes in, all together, $100,000 annually. A poorer, possibly single parent family takes home $20,000 annually. Let's just say for simplicity sake the taxes are at 10% across the board. The CEO is taking home $900,000. The middle class family $90,000. The lower class $18,000. Now, factor in all the other costly shit and the numbers stay relatively similar. However, the middle class and rich CEO can still live comfortably, with much less worry, while the lower class family may struggle immensely to attain a good quality of life. That is the exact reason a flat tax is not only starting those with a lesser income at a disadvantage, but it is also keeping them there.
No because that's crazy for people at the bottom. If you're making minimum wage and can barely afford to keep the lights on, you can't afford to pay the same portion of your income as tax as someone making 500k a year. Flat tax does not solve the problem of executives paying nothing, in fact it's the cause of it because capital gains (which is how very rich people make their money) ARE taxed at a very low flat rate.
In evaluating candidates before a recent election, I discovered that I'd rather vote for a naive fool than a competent cynic. What does this say about democracy?
I think it's irrational to say party voting and policy voting are completely different as the ideology someone was raised with May often follow party ideology but In an election with 2 parties, the party one identifies as will often have the most in common ideology wise
***** Regulated self-interests is what leads to corruption. Big business in bed with politicians leads to crippling regulations. These regulation are disguised as policies to limit and punish big business, while it does the opposite. Smaller businesses can't handle and afford the immense library of regulations. This also works as a deterrent to start up businesses.
open question to americans. Why do yoy have to register to vote? I am used to democratic countries where voters are "adults" turned 18, and a few weeks before election time they recieve a postcard reminding them of when to vote and where to vote
+Hooya2 Found this www.kqed.org/assets/pdf/education/digitalmedia/us-voting-rights-timeline.pdf it is not like the voting system has not changed over time. The register to vote just seems like a way to exclude some people from voting since some can not register. Prisoners are one such group. I presume they are not born in jail, so why should democrazy not be their right. In some states they are never allowed to vote after a prison conviction. Any politician that do not want a specific area to vote can just "fail" to register their votes. It sounds like anything but full scale democrazy to me. Oversees colonies can not vote, prisoners can not vote. That is more than 8 mill people with no political influence.
***** Just a few things I as a foreigner notice. Do states compare data, could you register and vote in more than one. How do account for fraud. If you do not know how many live in a state and some "ekstra" voters were registered and the counted numbers at election matched the registered number. No ID cards. Damn that would be impossible in my country. The cpr-number is a must en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identification_number_(Denmark) Any visit to a doctor, register for school, army, job, bank, death certificate, insuarance.... No one even asks for your 10 digit code anymore. You just slide the card through, it is all digitized
Comment Breakdown: 60% Americans are idiots or voting is stupid. 30% Stuff about the Paris terrorist attacks don't do with anything here 5% Sander Zombies 4% Other 1% Me complaining how this comment section sucks.
Marylandbrony The "Sanders Zombies" are pre-programmed to downvote anything that's deemed to reflect some "strange alien features" to them ,like truth, and facts.
When people talk of "the polls" (in this point in the political campaigns, before Real Voting), who is taking these polls? Is it political scientists? Random selections of Americans of voting age?
I don't understand how minimum wage is a spatial issue... I've literally never heard of any anti-raise-the-minimum-wage movement or rhetoric. I would say its a definite a valence issue.
I dunno Craig, given how many people supported the Patriot Act and the NSA's actions, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that desire for government transparency isn't as much of a given as you suggest.
...and yeah, it's sad, but when hear your typical American voter talking about why they like or dislike any given candidate, the person's policy positions seem to come up a very small fraction of the time (and it's obvious that a good chunk of the time, the voter in question has no idea what the candidate's policy positions are in the first place).
I argue against transparency when it comes to the potential glorification of murderers in the release of their names to the media. But its surely more complicated than I know
+Inorganic Vegan are you really going to be THAT guy? It's just a saying.... Calm down. Also, most people think praying is better than nothing so they do that instead of nothing.
Connor Dunn Some of us find it very offensive when people are being slaughtered and all you can do is "pray" for them to make yourself feel better. To us, you are being "that guy" by advocating prayer in a time of crisis.
We definitely shouldn't raise the minimum wage. It sounds nice, but millions of jobs would be destroyed if we raised it to $15 for example. Prices would rise, slamming poor people & minorities the hardest, and young people won't be able to get a starter job to gain the skills to move up.
+Naveen We definitely should raise the minimum wage. There is no evidence that a higher minimum wage would affect the unemployment rate, whereas it would have an enormous impact on quality of life as well as overall spending.
+Antenox No evidence? It gives incentives for companies to replace repetitive tasks with robots, like the jobs low skill workers do for minimum wage. It will accelerate the development of that tech.
+MiddleClass SeaBass Actually every time the minimum wage goes up employment stays the same. This is what nearly every study shows when assessing the correlation between employment and increases in minimum wage. Its a common misconception, but has no evidence to support the claim.
+Naveen prices would rise, but if people had more money it would not matter. Besiades prices would not rise that much. This point has been beaten to death literary.
+Nicholas Bevins Yeah, why can't more people be like you and insult others on the internet for no reason? I'm sure that does WAY more to help the victims and survivers than showing sympathy and concern.
as much as i appreciate the jabs to political scientists and economists, it might not be good to do that in videos that are geared toward highschoolers that might be looking at these professions as future careers and the jokes might be taken personally. i don't want to start anything by saying this really but it's just something i felt needed to be said.
4:48 Who wears a suit just to wear short plaid pants then take their shoes off just to put their legs in the pool, all just so they can go on their laptop at the pool? Better question, why do some people go to the pool to not swim and just put their legs in? Even better question, *why are you using a laptop at the pool; don't you that obnoxious little children exist?* :l
"Isn't it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest fun control countries in the world?" -Donald Trump This is fucking disgusting.
"Today I'm going to get inside the head of the American Voter.... and boy is it empty in here"
the stock footage of the dude laptopping in the pool at 4:49 is phenomenal
+Ben Weiner Nice footage, indeed.
4:47 I always do my political reasearch by the pool trying not to electrocute myself.
If it's not plugged into an outlet, it's a bit harder to electrocute yourself. Though, getting moist will still put a damper on that laptop's future reliability.
+Fiaca lol who doesnt?
Great episode. Great series!
Craig you are literally saving my entire poli sci class right now before our final during this pandemic
I would never vote for someone who abuses eagles...
Wow.....
Is it abuse, or just a firm, no non-sense stance toward birds in general?
#YOUDECIDE!
Ok boomer
😆
Ryan Smith Ryan do ur homework it’s timmy
How Voters Decide:
they don't!
+Nobody This guy sees clearly. Corporate billionaires make ALL the decisions and just puppet politicians.
+G PCM Very true, private interests don't have America's interests which is by we're losing resources in job markets, education, the economy, and science at a linear rate. Big companies outsource jobs to people who are willing to work for small wages instead of people here in America because cheap labor is profitable. Then they open up stores and factories in the USA, but make sure their main headquarters are not actually in the USA so they can avoid high taxes or any tax at all while selling goods using consumerism and the materialistic ideology to sell goods at a high price in the USA which shrinks the middle and upper middle class because the money these big corporations steal do not go back into America's economy.
+Nobody for president!
Nobody will keep election promises!
Nobody will listen to your concerns!
Nobody will help the poor and unemployed!
Nobody cares!
If Nobody is elected, things will get better for Everybody. Nobody tells the truth.
+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen good call
Adam Rose At this point, I'm sure anyone who truly desires real freedom from oppression will realize that America has changed greatly, since time times of our founding fathers. Special interest groups are taking over and are buying out freedom of speech and continuing to cheat the system and be above the law.
If we want true freedom, equality, justice, and happiness for all, then we the people either need to make a better government system and destroy the old one in the fires of revolution or escape the current one and form a new nation free from the techniques of mind control techniques like propaganda and media manipulation and little to no corruption in the new governmental infrastructure. This sounds crazy now, but anyone can see the government's corruption and manipulation of we the people's free will.
Presidential elections are not by we the people, they are funded by special interest groups and the elected are puppets.
Hahahaha... Because he was just so jovial! Gibbity gibbity!
Craig at his best.
If you're going to explore the Republican and Democratic parties could you also cover independents and why they would want to distance themselves from the party system? I'd love to see a researched and unbiased video on that. I am an independent and have my reasons... some of which are actually touched upon in this video, but I'd love to see a broader take on it, and maybe when effect, if any, we have on elections.
whose here 4 thier gov class due 2 social distancing
anyone seen what's happened in Paris?
+Radamel Falcao It's such a sad thing
Yeah, it's horrible...
+Felipe Cyrineu I'm watching the news and they are saying 140 are dead, France are deploying 1,500 troops at the moment. A massacre. Absolutely heartbreaking.
+Radamel Falcao yet inevitable
+Radamel Falcao no. not really or at least not yet.
Jesus Christ, only 30% of Americans have graduated from college? That's kind of a mind blowing fact. I guess I should no longer be surprised nor frustrated with the apparent vast amounts of ignorance I'm faced with every day online with regards to politics... sad.
How to vote in a shitty two party system:
You choose the one who is less shitty
Are we just gonna sit here and forget the person that was wearing a suit and shorts at the pool.
The color balance/scheme on this episode really looked terrific!
Also I was hoping that the 'flash-forward' of Craig punching the eagle would happen at the end of the video.
3:26 How dare you! I demand that be changed to a Mets hat at once!
The only party loyalist I will throw my unquestioned support behind is Andrew WK
How voters decide. What's everyone else doing?! Oh, okay i'll do that too. Look I'm popular!
I like Craig.
This is one of the best videos on government. Very funny. It made me think but also lol
When people vote, they are making a statement about themselves. They know that their single vote will probably not matter much in the total election, unless the election turns out to be INCREDIBLY close. So really the act of voting is just way for us to confirm something we like to think about ourselves. Whether that thing is "I am a conservative" or "I hate the Iraq War" or "I care about poor people" or "I'm a red-blooded church-going American". It's all about a declaration of self.
One of the best Crash Course yet.
#PrayForFrance
+Anıl Ertürk ouch too much edge
Prayer doesn't work.
millenniumdragn edge
+Kenny Zhang read the news, some isis members attacked paris
***** no shit it isn't funny.
So, I'm just starting out as a professor at the university level and I must say these videos are extremely helpful. I teach American Government, Campaigns and Elections and other government related courses and trying to find ways I can present information to students with limited to no background knowledge takes up SO much time. These videos are a pretty good place to get my bearings, though. Thanks!
'Crash Course' is awesome!
Could you go over urban/rural divide.
dude with the laptop by the pool is ballsy af
That graph at 1:54 is fascinating.
+TheFireflyGrave Your choices are %40 Left or %60 Right. Consider yourself a moderate? Sucks to be you...
+Evdog Music You can always register as an independent
ZVPieGuy
You /can/ but the First Past The Post system in place in the US assures your candidates' near-certain defeat before campaigning even starts.
We don't decide... the electoral college does
+Ashton Lnu I think they're voters too. It's just that their votes count the highest.
+Ashton Lnu And the electoral college votes for who the people voted for almost every time. Faithless electors pretty much never happen.
+PitLord777 no actually, It's just the votes by the citizens tell the electoral college how to vote
4:50 For some reason I really like that shade of blue... idk why.
I thought it was more of a purple tbh
Need crash course on Sociology. Kindly consider that.
I have to say I don't always know every candidate locally though I do make an effort before I vote. If I found I missed a race I will vote for my party's candidate as a fall back because I like the party positions and hope the candidate supports those positions as well.
1:16 Dang, that's a cool picture.
4:23 Feel the Bern.
where can i find more info on the factors and how scientist discuss elections results?
strategic voting is a massive thing in my county but I don't know how important it is in the US considering they are a two party state(admittedly one reinforced by strategic voting)
In Ireland, weather has a statistically noticeable (that does not mean big, it means almost certainly existant) influence on the people/party we choose. Probably does in American too.
Granted the only one I could imagine being remotely viable here from your current lot is Sanders.
Simply put they're swayed. That's how politics start and ends.
Not only Does Every Vote matter, but I Believe every Voter counts
FEEL THE BERN
Of insanely high taxes, insanely high debt, more government control, and a stagnant economy. Man I love flame wars!
+BBBuilds12 I'm all for more government control as long as transparency comes along with that control
+BBBuilds12 when the alternative is the exact same thing, but due to funding war, it makes sense to vote for the guy who voted against the Iraq and Afghanistan war and was a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war.
half of the budget is just war.
the US is literally subsidizing the military obligations of other countries like Japan, because we're to paranoid to let other countries handle their own shit. The military should be trimmed.
Besides, Denmark doesn't have a stagnant economy, and the best economic times in the US had much higher taxes.
+Joe Mama Never going to happen lol. If America is supposedly the most free country in the world and our government is already shady as shit, the chance of any government being transparent is non existent. Unless someone or people manages to rise up as superior leaders and effectively removes all the corruption without becoming corrupt or getting killed by the status quo establishment.
+BBBuilds12 GOD DAMN YOU PEOPLE! *Gives you flame shield* You forgot it! damn.
Feel the Bern! I'm so proud to be a Vermonter, Bernie is all I need and want
Thoughts with those in Paris - death toll currently 153. I don't want to know what it will be in the morning.
Thank you Craig. I love you. ^_^
And you too I guess Stan. ^_^
I guess you forgot to recognize Anthony Downs' "An Economic Theory of Democracy" which explains some of the reasons why voters would not deliberately seek for information to form an educated decision
I'm curious, Craig, do you see this changing? I for one have seen more people voting based on issues, and the momentum behind Bernie Sanders indicates that there are a lot of people who have suddenly decided to become more informed voters because they see someone who is talking about the same issues they're concerned about, which they feel they've never seen before. I also would be curious to know if the "millennial" generation (those of us that vote) vote more on issues or based on party.
party loyalty is tied to issues because most people assume the candidate will act the way the party has in the past. if your a libertarian like me then you have to decide what issues will be important in the coming years and if the candidate feels strongly about the ones you care about.
What annoys me - people who are too slack to vote in the first place but complain when the opposing party wins.
Idk, I stay pretty educated about presidential elections at least, and the more educated I get, the more I feel like I couldn't vote for anyone from the other party.
Can someone help me please? I need to know has there been any past elections where the “median voter theorem” has helped a candidate win
Abolish the IRS, and switch to a flat tax w/ no loopholes so that a CEO will never pay less than her secretary.
+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen you can so it via percentage of income
+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen a flat rate of Base tax along with tax on income would work if done correct. so 10 of Base tax then different levels of tax after that depending on income so low earners no extra tax and highest earners 45 percent of income. has been done In a few countries quite well.
+Naveen Yeah sorry, but that would not work mostly because the top 1% make over 30% of the money. Problem is that most of these people make their money through either being paid in stock options or from capital gains. After several years most of that top 1% can sell their stocks for only a 20% tax because that is how the long term capital gains tax works. A flax tax isn't enough considering it would just inflate the taxes at the bottom and not effect the people who are really cheating the system.
Let's look at this logically. A CEO, makes an annual salary of $1,000,000. A middle class family rakes in, all together, $100,000 annually. A poorer, possibly single parent family takes home $20,000 annually.
Let's just say for simplicity sake the taxes are at 10% across the board.
The CEO is taking home $900,000. The middle class family $90,000. The lower class $18,000.
Now, factor in all the other costly shit and the numbers stay relatively similar. However, the middle class and rich CEO can still live comfortably, with much less worry, while the lower class family may struggle immensely to attain a good quality of life. That is the exact reason a flat tax is not only starting those with a lesser income at a disadvantage, but it is also keeping them there.
No because that's crazy for people at the bottom. If you're making minimum wage and can barely afford to keep the lights on, you can't afford to pay the same portion of your income as tax as someone making 500k a year. Flat tax does not solve the problem of executives paying nothing, in fact it's the cause of it because capital gains (which is how very rich people make their money) ARE taxed at a very low flat rate.
Who's here because of the election?
In evaluating candidates before a recent election, I discovered that I'd rather vote for a naive fool than a competent cynic. What does this say about democracy?
Loving all these Crash Course videos ☺️🇵🇭
A nation gets the leaders it deserves.
Craig may or may not have a time machine that he potentially may have used approximately seven to twenty-nine times.
Party loyalty is stupid. Issues, past and predicted future performance is all that should matter.
I vote with my gut. I vomit on the ballot.
I think it's irrational to say party voting and policy voting are completely different as the ideology someone was raised with May often follow party ideology but In an election with 2 parties, the party one identifies as will often have the most in common ideology wise
Party loyalty
Issues involved.
Characteristics of candidates
#FeeltheBern
no
I would love to know how he will pay for free college and healthcare. Please tell me.
+Matt Brady That's easy. All of the compassionate altruistic Lib profs will teach for free. /sarcasm
The economy will feel the bern when inflation is rising and the low-skill workers are being laid off because their work simply isn't worth $15/hr
+Matt Brady there's already a plan that Bernie has laid out for that. Google is your friend.
This youtube video should be titled ´how people stopped voting and why it matters´.
#FeelTheBern
+AssassinDawn I'd rather feel laissez faire
Nah.
+Ben Paulsen Crony Capitalism is not laissez faire
***** Regulated self-interests is what leads to corruption. Big business in bed with politicians leads to crippling regulations. These regulation are disguised as policies to limit and punish big business, while it does the opposite. Smaller businesses can't handle and afford the immense library of regulations. This also works as a deterrent to start up businesses.
open question to americans.
Why do yoy have to register to vote?
I am used to democratic countries where voters are "adults" turned 18, and a few weeks before election time they recieve a postcard reminding them of when to vote and where to vote
+Hooya2 Found this www.kqed.org/assets/pdf/education/digitalmedia/us-voting-rights-timeline.pdf it is not like the voting system has not changed over time. The register to vote just seems like a way to exclude some people from voting since some can not register. Prisoners are one such group. I presume they are not born in jail, so why should democrazy not be their right. In some states they are never allowed to vote after a prison conviction. Any politician that do not want a specific area to vote can just "fail" to register their votes. It sounds like anything but full scale democrazy to me. Oversees colonies can not vote, prisoners can not vote. That is more than 8 mill people with no political influence.
***** Just a few things I as a foreigner notice. Do states compare data, could you register and vote in more than one. How do account for fraud. If you do not know how many live in a state and some "ekstra" voters were registered and the counted numbers at election matched the registered number.
No ID cards. Damn that would be impossible in my country. The cpr-number is a must en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identification_number_(Denmark) Any visit to a doctor, register for school, army, job, bank, death certificate, insuarance.... No one even asks for your 10 digit code anymore. You just slide the card through, it is all digitized
Comment Breakdown:
60% Americans are idiots or voting is stupid.
30% Stuff about the Paris terrorist attacks don't do with anything here
5% Sander Zombies
4% Other
1% Me complaining how this comment section sucks.
+Marylandbrony Lol. Exactly. Thanks for stating what I didn't have the words for.
Marshmallow920 You're Welcome I'm actually disappointed that this only has one upvote. But still it's a voice being listened to.
Marylandbrony The "Sanders Zombies" are pre-programmed to downvote anything that's deemed to reflect some "strange alien features" to them ,like truth, and facts.
Marshmallow920 Actually there is no down voting on RUclips comments due to Google + **Flies Away**
When people talk of "the polls" (in this point in the political campaigns, before Real Voting), who is taking these polls? Is it political scientists? Random selections of Americans of voting age?
+Dan English Ahloha Akbar!!! *boom*
With trump the question is "does the trump control the hair or does the hair control the trump?"
So they're basically voting using the most an important characteristics of a candidate
I don't understand how minimum wage is a spatial issue... I've literally never heard of any anti-raise-the-minimum-wage movement or rhetoric. I would say its a definite a valence issue.
I dunno Craig, given how many people supported the Patriot Act and the NSA's actions, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that desire for government transparency isn't as much of a given as you suggest.
Video on the electoral college would be great
No I go off of who people I know and respect and look up to are going to vote for
Finally!
Eagle for President! making punching eagles Ill-Eagle since 1864.
The cause that trumps them all: advertisement. Why isnt that on the list?
Ant-Man was awesome!
...and yeah, it's sad, but when hear your typical American voter talking about why they like or dislike any given candidate, the person's policy positions seem to come up a very small fraction of the time (and it's obvious that a good chunk of the time, the voter in question has no idea what the candidate's policy positions are in the first place).
I argue against transparency when it comes to the potential glorification of murderers in the release of their names to the media. But its surely more complicated than I know
thank you
Your Tom Bradley haircut bothers me lol, but thanks for the informational vid.
3:20 Bo jiden??…
#prayforparis
+Inorganic Vegan better than nothing
+Inorganic Vegan are you really going to be THAT guy? It's just a saying.... Calm down. Also, most people think praying is better than nothing so they do that instead of nothing.
+legoboy468 *Exactly the same as nothing.
+Inorganic Vegan You really have to be that guy...
Connor Dunn Some of us find it very offensive when people are being slaughtered and all you can do is "pray" for them to make yourself feel better. To us, you are being "that guy" by advocating prayer in a time of crisis.
We definitely shouldn't raise the minimum wage. It sounds nice, but millions of jobs would be destroyed if we raised it to $15 for example. Prices would rise, slamming poor people & minorities the hardest, and young people won't be able to get a starter job to gain the skills to move up.
+Naveen We definitely should raise the minimum wage. There is no evidence that a higher minimum wage would affect the unemployment rate, whereas it would have an enormous impact on quality of life as well as overall spending.
+Antenox No evidence? It gives incentives for companies to replace repetitive tasks with robots, like the jobs low skill workers do for minimum wage. It will accelerate the development of that tech.
+MiddleClass SeaBass Actually every time the minimum wage goes up employment stays the same. This is what nearly every study shows when assessing the correlation between employment and increases in minimum wage. Its a common misconception, but has no evidence to support the claim.
MiddleClass SeaBass
Yes, no evidence whatsoever.
And the whole "They'll replace workers with robots" argument is asinine. Try harder, please.
+Naveen prices would rise, but if people had more money it would not matter. Besiades prices would not rise that much. This point has been beaten to death literary.
Totally cheered for Bernie Sanders. Yup.
...our whole election process scares the bejeezus out of me at this point. It's ridiculous.
It's hard to watch this episode in 2017.
#PrayForParis
+Parth Datar Ahloha Akbar!!! *boom*
Franziska Von Karma far 2 edgy for utube
dipcrap gofuckyourself
ur bein 2 edgy not me m8
Wanna see how it really (doesn't) work? Watch Adam Explains Everything on Voting.
He speaks really quickly
#PrayingforParis
+Nicholas Bevins Yeah, why can't more people be like you and insult others on the internet for no reason? I'm sure that does WAY more to help the victims and survivers than showing sympathy and concern.
+Nicholas Bevins I do pray, and even if you don't believe in God he has granted my prayers, I hope he will help people in Paris. And people like YOU
+Anıl Ertürk I believe that it does a lot
+Nicholas Bevins are you happy about what happened, because you're sounding like you are?
+SocialGEEK Ahloha Akbar!!! *boom*
Its pronounced Cha-pah-kwah lol
Fact: Ronald Reagan frequently said "Gibbidy Gibbidy!"
I have a Republican mother and a Democratic father. I'm completely independent.
Hi Craig - I'd like to include some of your videos in the National Student Parent Mock Election / National Student Vote please contact me. thanks!!
im the first to like this video. What an Honour :)
as much as i appreciate the jabs to political scientists and economists, it might not be good to do that in videos that are geared toward highschoolers that might be looking at these professions as future careers and the jokes might be taken personally. i don't want to start anything by saying this really but it's just something i felt needed to be said.
Soooooo true!!!
+Mackjack89 Truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue
*Dumbfuck that you are*
Yea by voting fot two parties....
If you want you can learn from ShepherdSurvives instructions how to do it.
How on Earth did you pronounce Chappaqua?
4:48 Who wears a suit just to wear short plaid pants then take their shoes off just to put their legs in the pool, all just so they can go on their laptop at the pool?
Better question, why do some people go to the pool to not swim and just put their legs in?
Even better question, *why are you using a laptop at the pool; don't you that obnoxious little children exist?*
:l
"Isn't it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest fun control countries in the world?" -Donald Trump
This is fucking disgusting.
One of our candidates people.
+Bear McBear MC >"fun control"
+Bear McBear MC Fun Control / Gun Control it's all the same to me... TRUMP 2016!!
+Bear McBear MC
What about Brazil and Rico?
Hi!