Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government and Politics #37
Video Overview & Insights
Today Craig is going to talk about a topic that makes voters and politicians alike ANGRY! We're going to talk about Gerrymandering - that is the process in which voting districts are redrawn in a way to favor one party during elections. As you'll see, this is why election outcomes on Census years (which tend to be when districts are redrawn) are a really big deal. So we'll talk about how some of these cockamamie voting districts come to be and explain how Gerrymandering can affect the outcomes (and misrepresent voters) during elections. But even with all these rage-inducing and bizarre district maps, it's important to remember that it isn't ALL political scheming, but also a reflection of the tendency for Democrats to live in urban areas.
great video, thanks
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Talks much too fast. š¤
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Why would you allude to a dragon and not a salamander??
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i hate the gerrymandering but idk how else the system could work
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Ohh man that name was actually really good, I like the sound of it, "Twisted District"
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@Ray_RayRayzDo you think that jerrymandering should be illegal and districts should be based of off geographical boundaries? Serious question your thoughts.
@bullvinetheband7260I have an idea for a Federal or state law: political parties are not allowed to know where their supporters or opponents live, other than the state in which they live.
@moonman239Okay, informative video, yes, but... I'd suggest speaking just a little slower for the people not in on political lingo
@daniyo94Okay, people who also live in Delaware back me up. It's Delawarean, not Delawaran. Like I've never heard someone from the state of Delaware pronounce it like Craig does.
@isabellaanderson81740 is the loneliest number because it represents the numerical value of nothing.
@kroganpopy9206who is here for school
@josephmama8689p00r eag1e
@cherylnichols6535The founders did not design the Senate to represent people. Senators represent states. (The 17th Amendment should be repealed).
@HowardOwensIIIYou talk way to fast, it was hard to keep up.
@d3ewetRip Eagle
@akachatha16032020 a census year....this should be interesting Craig here in Texas.
@TheAfc93rTerrific
@diontaedaughtry974What a stupid face this dude has. But I suppose only with this face he would be understood by crash course audience. No offence. In post modern world everything is possible
@lyorabreatheThe mander part comes from the word salamander. The video just mentions it looks like a reptile or dragon but that doesn't explain the mander part of the name.
@micahpeI love Craig! Clever, clever man.
@bastian8830The electoral college prevents class differences based on ideology. Historically this always ends in resentment genocide of those who dont conform or war. Thats why Benjamin franklin calls democracy two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. We have a constitutional republic. Study up on civics and atrocities in history concerning class differences.
@yukonfarnsworth1688Just get rid of districts. That way there is better reoresentation and it holds up to the point of the house by the founding fathers: a chamber in coungress filled with elected members proportional with the population of a state compared to the equally represented senate.
@jannoottenburghs5121This is one reason why I don't vote.
@theresignedvoter6511This guy reminds me of my geometry teacher
@monalisa4878Rigging the game
@EchosOfAgonyCraig talks quite fast
@7625eyour hair was gerrymandered. :)
@quezbot3663This proves that ones vote doesn't count.
@mariathetemptress6815Gerrymandering should be a crime added as the law.
@ciscogomez73ifyWhat makes you think that an independent organization will do a better job. They may have been corrupted, paid off by the same people in power to retain power. Or their opponents to gain power.
@eugeneshealthprojectOne person, one vote is the way it should be.
@paradoxdeaVery nice video. Thank you.
@MrBiggameslayerWatching this right after Supreme Court made a decision to leave gerrymandering to the States. So now I want to learn about it so we can influence local elections by gerrymandering.
@aCentreThinkerI just a very basic question: why is it important to elect someone of your own group?
@victoriamarulanda5639We can't fix it or else rep will throw a fit and cry
@aegir3722Canāt even have a fair honest election anymore in the USA , because they the government officials take the votes from certain areas not completely
@lti134Great video! Love the clones idea, hilariously entertaining
@ro55_nationBipartisan laws are stupid regardless, who cares if im represented by a left pr a right, everyones vote should count the same for everything, including the electorial college
@kevinescobar8562CGP Grey did it best.
@rgzdevit looked like a salamander thus the name
@lsgislerSo a party doesnāt win by popular vote? It wins by the number of districts won by that party?
@jaxsoncarson7836This man makes topics that would normally be boring kinda funšš»š
@brettthorndike1079Here in WI our state level districts are gerrymandered so that 53% of votes are cast for Democrats and yet 65% of the state Assembly seats are held by Republicans.
@tylerpeterson4726How did it come to this?
@Foxgriffin48I live in NC, probably the most gerrymandered state in the nation. NC is generally a pink state, but 47% of people voted for Democrats this year. Yet 75% of seats went to Republicans! Oh well, we're number one in something I guess...
@christina2071I'd be down to have the districts look like bunnies. :D
@thespearmeister2251Awkward and uncomfortable. Thumbs down because: youāre not funny, talk to fast while skipping over important topics & biased.
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