Electing a US President in Plain English

kingacres0 Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - Ok, at least I now understand how Lee makes a living as the brief ad at the tail end of the video illustrates. There is no value judgement here; just an explanation of what is. Fact is that the electoral college system gives disproportionate advantage to smaller states which enabled Bush to become pres. in 2000. Gore got more votes. Result: the most disastrous and most incompetent Administration in the history of our country.

kingacres0 Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - Absolutely right! Moreover, money talks! Obama may be a good president but 70% of his donations came from corporate interests and the biggest corporate slice came from...(wait for it), WALL ST.! With over $600 millions from the corporations, who do you suppose has the president's ear? Nader isn't telegenic and he had, what, million dollars? But how much more interesting and informative the debates would have been if he had been present. Follow the money.

Calgar88 Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - .....now i finally get it!

mauderoussin Says:

Nov 14, 2008 - Wow, tous tes vidéo sont vraiment accrocheur et très clairs.

proffessors Says:

Nov 14, 2008 - Woooh for the circles!

3dd656 Says:

Nov 14, 2008 - WooHoo, Go Kansas!

ektrules Says:

Nov 15, 2008 - I donated to him, and I'm considered to be in poverty. A lot of people donated $5-$200. I can't find the stats that your claiming. I'm not saying your wrong, but posting the source of the stats would be more useful than just saying 70% came from wall street. I do agree, however, that corporations have way too much influence over the government. But, it seems to me that republican politicians seem to be more in bed with them than democrat politicians.

ektrules Says:

Nov 15, 2008 - The government and it's laws are set up to protect the rich. Imagine if there was no government, and no property laws. The workers could then take over the factories and run them themselves. This would give the workers greater incentive to do better work, as well as cutting out the middle/top man leading to greater efficiency. F*** corporations. F*** government. F*** hierarchies. Long live anarchy. Power to the people. No justice, no motherf****** peace, lol. :)

Fir3mast3r Says:

Nov 15, 2008 - heh Kansas has a funny shape. Its square. Its the first time I see country/state in this shape :D

MarineLatrine Says:

Nov 15, 2008 - i h8 this , but i liked ur zombie vid. couldnt help watching this1.

EviISaintNickpart3 Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - Voting is a fucking waste of time!

iweartehpantz Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - Why's that?

KilliantheKaveman Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - I fucking hate the electoral college.

lazykid1000 Says:

Nov 17, 2008 - Great video. I love its simplicity in terms of presentation, and use of language. However, I think there's one minor detail about the electoral college that should have been added to this video. Although the electoral college of a state generally follows the popular vote to cast their vote, they are NOT required by law to do so. This means that even if there is a landslide popular vote in a state, the elector could still ignore the popular vote, and decide to vote for another candidate.

jackaustrali Says:

Nov 17, 2008 - his voice shits me.

lucik1992 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - thank you for this video,it made me understand the system to perfection :D its also a great way to improve my english...is the script available somewhere??It would be even more perfect ;)

yohanesniko Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - thanks! now I understand the election system in the US.

mecha03 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Lazykid, you are 100% correct, however this doesn't really happen as the penalty for being an unfaithful elector is pretty severe. So severe in fact, they don't even know what the punishment is yet I don't think! But, nonetheless, you are correct.

mecha03 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - iweartehpantz, I think voting is in fact important, but it could be a waste of time really. It's just hard to tell these days. For example, I voted democrat this go around and I live in Tennessee. Obviously, my vote had 0 impact since my state is pretty much a pledged red-state, and mccain won our elector votes by a landslide. Did I know that would happen? Yep. Could I have avoided wasting 2 hours to vote knowing it wouldn't matter? Yep. Did I vote anyway? Yep.

ShroomInBloom Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - so this is y Obama won...

xroijyr78 Says:

Nov 20, 2008 - Obama won the popular vote too, unlike Bush.

dejff444 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - watch Zeitgeist The Movie (first part) and Zeitgeist:Addendum (second) and... just wonder... peace

vanpat1987 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - what happens if it doesnt go over 270 ?? ..

whatthefuck65656 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - well what happens in nabraska and maine???

mphilliker Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - IF no one gets to 270, the House of Representatives decides (and if they can't decide the Supreme Court takes over.)