Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government and Politics #37
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 ...
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Hi, I'm Craig and this is Crash Course Government and Politics and today I'm gonna talk about a topic in American politics that tends to drive people crazy! Ahhh! No it's not partisanship, or horse race journalism, or the state of political punditry, although we could easily do episodes on all three of those, and we might. Nope, today we're gonna look at the election districts and how they shape electoral outcomes, and that means - you guessed it - we're gonna talk about Gerrymandering. Clone: Thank goodness, Gerrymandering is a blight on our American election system. It completely thwarts the will of the majority, and it's responsible for our lopsided house of representatives. Second Clone: Not so fast my left-wing sore loser friend! Gerrymandering is not nearl...
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Hi, I'm Craig and this is Crash Course Government and Politics and today I'm gonna talk about a topic in American politics that tends to drive people crazy! Ahhh! No it's not partisanship, or horse race journalism, or the state of political punditry, although we could easily do episodes on all three of those, and we might. Nope, today we're gonna look at the election districts and how they shape electoral outcomes, and that means - you guessed it - we're gonna talk about Gerrymandering. Clone: Thank goodness, Gerrymandering is a blight on our American election system. It completely thwarts the will of the majority, and it's responsible for our lopsided house of representatives. Second Clone: Not so fast my left-wing sore loser friend! Gerrymandering is not nearl...
