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U.S. Voting and Elections: Video Resources

Research guide that presents the historical background for United States voting and election laws, resources that explain the state of current elections and links to books, videos, and websites that help the average U.S. citizen become better informed abo

US Elections - How do they work?

A guide to the US political system aimed at A Level students, explaining how elections work in the USA. For more educational teaching resources visit UK Parliament's education website http://www.parliament.uk/education

Election Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics #36

This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem particularly plausible. So to deal with this complexity, we vote for people, not policies, that represent our best interests. But as you'll see, this process was not thoroughly addressed in the Constitution, so there have been a number of amendments and laws at the state level implemented to create the election system we all know and (maybe) love today.

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How Campaign Finance Works

Presidential campaigns are extremely expensive. Here's where it all comes from.

CNN Business, Jan. 27, 2012.

Testing the Limits of Partisan Gerrymandering

From PBS NewsHour:

In the 2012 elections, Republicans in Wisconsin won 60 of the 99 Assembly seats, despite Democrats having a majority of the statewide vote. The disparity lead to the federal lawsuit Gill v. Whitford, in which plaintiffs alleged that voting districts were gerrymandered unconstitutionally. On Tuesday, in what may be a landmark case, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case. PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield reports.

 

Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer

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You vote, but then what? Discover how your individual vote contributes to the popular vote and your state's electoral vote in different ways--and see how votes are counted on both state and national levels. Lesson by Christina Greer, animation by Marked Animation.

Primary Elections Explained

Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government and Politics #39

 

So political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instance the 2012 presidential election clocked in at the most expensive ever - at around $6 billion dollars! Needless to say, money plays a very big role in American elections. So today, Craig is going to take a look at why we have campaigns in the first place, why the campaign seasons run for so long, and of course why campaigns cost so much.

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Superdelegates Explained

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"This video explains the Democratic superdelegates, who they are, and the difference between superdelegates vs regular delegates Share This Video https://youtu.be/FXFOhGLYUjw 2016 What is a superdelegate, and what role do they play in the Democratic Party nomination process? The superdelegates were a controversial portion of the 2008 nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and they seem to be creating a discussion again in 2016. As Hillary now goes against Bernie Sanders for the democratic nomination, how will the lingering question of the superdelegates play out?"