A Brit Reacts to the US Presidential Election | Evan Edinger & Noahfinnce

[@alextomlinson4141]

Evan talking about how his videos improved in quality in his last video Today posting a video with an editing error. Proof Evan is human being and we like him for that!

[@EdwardConnors]

I was so confused! Like is this liminal advertising???

[@evan]

@@EdwardConnors nah just me making an error after checking I’d fixed a different one like 4 times. Will explain in a future vid 😅

[@xxxtchai_xxxkovsky23]

@@evan You dont have to explain yourself!!

[@Sarah22410]

Love ur profile name

[@alextomlinson4141]

@@Sarah22410 Thanks ;)

[@libs8658]

I can now recite all the states because I was looking at that map for so long AND IM BRITISH

[@caoilfhionncommins3055]

And not only that, they are all now associated with a colour!

[@mackthompson616]

@@caoilfhionncommins3055 oh nooo i hate that you literally just know Kentucky for being red (& maybe for chicken) like, valid ig? but nooo

[@caoilfhionncommins3055]

Just a joke, since the election most people at my skl basically just say eg blue CA or red NC, unless it’s Florida or Colorado then it’s where Nikki’s from or where Féirín’s from respectively

[@caoilfhionncommins3055]

Don’t worry, I know they are more than just colors (I don’t know much about Kentucky tbh but I’m from Colorado), I’ve just been living in the UK for 2 yrs

[@lookforward2life]

@@mackthompson616 Kentucky- Mitch McConnell is my First association. A Canadian.

[@evan]

Sorry for the editing mistake in the beginning of the video! I was having trouble with an effect I use with text bits and seemingly put it in twice 😅😅😅

[@bertaroo]

Hi

[@marnenotmarnie259]

it was so ominous

[@TeshnosFire]

It took 3 minutes and 18 seconds for the brit to shout "THAT'S NOT DEMOCRACY" I'm dying x'D It's true though. :/

[@JhonCena6969]

America isn't a democracy, it's a republic.

[@arrgghh1555]

@@JhonCena6969 Republic and democracy are not mutually exclusive.

[@1DMapler18]

@@JhonCena6969 *democratic republic

[@terynb4407]

I mean we aren't a democracy tho... We are a democratic republic

[@soacecase]

@@luke_cohen1 I really wanted to read these paragraphs, but I got a class at 8 and I really don’t want to have to do anything not completely engaging before then.

[@fernclio9829]

British people: *lighting fireworks for their own holidays* Americans: is that a cELEBRATION FOR ME????

[@Iazzaboyce]

It's not really a holiday - there's no time off work. In 1605 a group of plotters attempted to blow up the English parliament 'The Gunpowder Plot'. The plot failed and the plotters were tortured and executed. One of the plotters was Guy Fawkes and it became tradition to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes on November 5 and this is known in England as 'Bonfire Night' or 'Guy Fawkes' or 'Fireworks Night'. Children used to put the effigy in a trolley and take him around their town shouting: 'penny for the Guy!'. These days people will go to an organised firework display (that might be on the nearest Saturday to November 5) or buy fireworks to use in their gardens - there are not so many Guys and bonfires.

[@megaconda07]

Lived at a place full of Americans. We all knew what guy fawkes day was lol.

[@fernclio9829]

@@Iazzaboyce yikes that sounds like a pretty dark reason to have a fireworks display.. but thank you for letting me know

[@aceatlasska4343]

@@Iazzaboyce *the UK

[@Varksterable]

@@fernclio9829 yeah it's pretty dark. But fireworks night is nothing when you delve into why we actually celebrate Chistmas.... MMmmmuuhh haaaaa haaaaaaaaAaaAaaa.

[@carolynbennett5102]

Evan: "It's a transition period" Noah: "But why?" Evan: "Come on you should know about that" I died when this happened 😂😂

[@mackthompson616]

rightttt

[@thefountainpendesk]

😂😂

[@jayyone6137]

fun fact (i guess) about the transitional period: the inauguration (becoming president ceremony) used to be in early march but the changed it to late january in the 1930's

[@yoinksscoob4889]

@@jayyone6137 Thank you

[@soacecase]

If someone who sees this comment doesn’t understand the joke, it’s because Noah is a trans man.

[@Bastion90]

Brits celebrate a British holiday Americans: it'a all about us

[@johnmccallum8512]

It's not a holiday just an excuse to let off fireworks.

[@elliechambers2340]

@@johnmccallum8512 it is a holiday its celebrating how Guy Fawkes didn't blow up the houses of parliament

[@dawn5227]

@@elliechambers2340 or is it celebrating that he tried to. 😆

[@rachaelm1058]

It's only a holiday if you get a day off work for it. It's like saying Armistice Day is a holiday.

[@jerryb9207]

so you brits have finally figured us out! lol

[@NOAHFINNCE]

MY HAIR LOOKS LIKE THIS BECAUSE I HADNT PUT PURPLE SHAMPOO IN IT IN A WHILE COS IT DAMAGES IT

[@KrystalPancakes]

Take care of your hair friend. I thought you looked fine. ♥

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I recommend Fanola No yellow(or orange) conditioner. Best purple conditioner out there and their purple shampoo is great too.

[@ianclarke6665]

I think your hair looked cool

[@evan]

I thought it looked like a surfers 👀

[@annalisec74]

@@pjwhitby197 They live in the same household. In England.

[@megzeman]

“Places don’t have voices, people do” Noah over here spitting facts

[@TotemoGaijin]

If we only went by popular vote, the only voices that would matter are those of people in California and New York.

[@monicaherrera2224]

@@TotemoGaijin that’s... that’s where the people live sooo...

[@speedy01247]

@@TotemoGaijinthe majority of people don't live in Cali or new York. this is a false argument.

[@mafiacat4422]

@@monicaherrera2224 Except America is so large compared to most countries if you only considered the places with the largest populations millions of peoples voices would be irrelevant in the political landscape, and considering the cultural diversity present in the U.S it would be a grave mistake to only represent a small portion of the cultural aspect for a couple of crucial states in America. It is for these reasons that the House of Representatives and Senate exist, so that the larger countries still have a "greater" impact yet the smaller countries still matter. The way of life for New York is very different than the suburbs of Florida to say, (which only make up a certain portion of Florida) and since if that were the case politicians would only try to appeal to the states that would make a difference which would be harmful to a significant amount of the U.S as their ideals wouldn't be put into bills almost all of the time, etc. It's only were some of the people live.

[@kurokasteele4830]

The thing is, millions of peoples' voices are already irrelevant. Except this is smaller groups throughout each and every state, because they don't _quite_ make that electoral vote majority. With the electoral college, you (more often than not) end up making _more_ voices irrelevant across the country, because the majority of the nation votes one way, but because states don't care unless it's over 50%, they virtually don't count. If you vote one way, and your state is primarily the other party, your vote contributes virtually nothing. (Also tangentially, the majority vote overall, and the electoral votes, have been relatively close in history, and only serves to upset when the less-popular candidate wins due to targeted campaigning in states that are determined to be important or can be 'swung') On another point, the original purpose of the Electoral College was to be an intermediary because the people of the time didn't know enough about the individual because of communication and stuff. This was basically perverted because throughout... mid 20th century I think, many states passed technically-constitutional laws requiring the electors to follow along with the state's popular vote, because the only guidance from the constitution is that they have to exist. But this is very clearly undermining the purpose, because if the electoral votes are meant to be based off the state's majority, it should just be a tally of points. The purpose of putting a human in the role is the have agency and to have them choose the best choice. Overall, it's pretty flawed and can definitely be improved one way or another.

[@sjokomelk]

Looking at American politics with a European eye, it seems like you only have "far right" and "extremely far right" compared to the political landscape in Europe. What an American would call "crazy leftist ideas", we would call "right wing politics".And what a European would call center-to-left politics would be communism for an American. 😂

[@mermaidismyname]

Yeah it's honestly insane our "left" party is actually like centrist to slightly to the right and then people like Bernie or AOC are called extreme when they're literally just "can we be like the rest of the world please"

[@mermaidismyname]

And what's really disappointing about that is if you go on an issue by issue basis, the majority of Americans actually believe in left wing ideas but we have been so conditioned to be scared of "socialism"

[@littledovecitydust]

Imagine that, America is calling for the death of European leaders.

[@pauliedoodle1939]

Yeah pretty much. Many Europeans were hoping Biden won yet, he wouldn’t stand a chance in most of the Western and Northern European countries. He would be far too Conservative.

[@pauliedoodle1939]

@@mermaidismyname Yeah I have been noticing that in the US. I would argue Scotland is the most Democratic Socialist part of the UK, and we are still a million miles away from Communism. I wonder if it’s because US American’s don’t understand political spectrums or they are just simply oblivious to the fact that there are countries in the world who have been living democratic socially for decades now, and are also considered to be better countries to live in than the USA.

[@rebeccah6736]

"You guys need to calm down with freedom." - Noah, 2020

[@ZariDV]

The literal rest of the world for the past century.

[@f.b9388]

I'm from northern ireland and i remember me and my friends were checking the polls all through school to check if biden was still wining. It's so insanely funny that here people are so into the election and want biden to win!!

[@kayleigh872]

Same!! I'm from england and me and my mates would check every lunchtime to make sure Biden was winning 😂

[@samkelly4132]

Same here in the republic Every chance we got, seeing if Biden finally got it

[@vicyoung2196]

I'm in Belfast and it was like 90% of what me and my mates talked about for days.

[@Dora-yo4ko]

me and my friends did this and kept messaging eachother every time something changed

[@jemmabrokenshire3900]

I remember when it was announced Biden had won, everyone was posting on there snap stories saying “we did it lads”, despite the fact we are all British

[@anca6702]

America seems to have a very convoluted voting system

[@ellencameron3775]

It's worse when you're here and trying to use it.

[@danielcarroll3358]

For president - Yes. For a dozen years after the revolutionary war the original 13 states were in a loose association of countries. It didn't work very well so they had a congress to write a new constitution. There was an argument between states as to how votes in the legislature should be apportioned. The high population states wanted it by population. The small population states wanted each state to have the same number of delegates. Finally the representatives from the state of Virginia proposed a compromise: One house, the senate, would represent the states and each state would get two senators. The other house, the house of representatives, would be by population. As part of the compromise each state would get as many electors to the electoral college (which votes for the president and vice president) as the number of senators and representatives they had. So the minimum is three. Originally the electors were chosen by state legislatures, but today (with a minor variation in two states) they are chosen by popular vote and whichever candidate gets the majority gets all the electors of that state. The electoral college only meets once for a few days to cast their votes, so Biden is technically not yet the president elect, but there is little doubt. There is a movement among the states to change the system so that whoever gets the most popular votes in the whole country would win the election. So far states with about 60% of the electors needed have agreed. This is a way of getting a practical result constitutionally without having to change the constitution, a difficult task. The smaller states don't like this as it would eliminate their present weight in the election being more than their share of the population. Most Americans think that George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. There were several before him but he was the first under the new constitution.

[@terynb4407]

I mean it's a system that worked at the beginning that just doesn't work now since we have a lot more states

[@livelovelife32]

@@danielcarroll3358 An interesting read thank you. I enjoy finding out these little historical nuggets in the comment section. I don't know much about U.S. history so you just gave me a research project.

[@danielcarroll3358]

@@livelovelife32 Yes the history is complicated as the US is composed of former colonies of England, France, Spain, Russia and The Netherlands along with a kingdom. I'm sure I'm missing something there. :)

[@marynademirska8655]

I just followed the US election because I didn't get Eurovision this year, and with the amount of craziness going on it was kind of the closest I could get lmao

[@wombatpandaa9774]

Whenever I see Noah's KZbin name it looks like Noahfinance

[@jake-lynndobos659]

And sounds like, "No offence".

[@cam6963]

omg noooooo now that’s all I’m gonna see when I read it!!

[@calliopeblue2303]

Well done your in a video

[@wombatpandaa9774]

@@calliopeblue2303 yeah I just saw that, made me warm and fuzzy 😊

[@brettcarruthers8838]

American elections are so needlessly complicated. That's something they should work on changing for future elections.

[@michaeloneill8974]

I do not disagree, but somewhat ironically, the complicated and state-by-state variation is the best defense against widespread voter fraud. There's a lot of room for improvement, but at least for this election it's a fact we can use to counter the false claims.

[@Trevenclaw]

Republicans make elections deliberately complicated to ensure as few people vote as possible, which benefits Republicans.

[@pauliedoodle1939]

Haha, It was like watching a reality TV show, America’s Got President 😄. Loads of people in the UK were hooked on watching what was going on politically in the US.

[@AceEcho1449]

@pinchinstreettorso 1889 true though 😂

[@n0face2]

On the topic of each state having seperate rules and such, I think a lot of people forget that initially the idea of the US was to be an entity much more like the EU, with the states governing themselves and the federal government being a regulatory body. But that broke down pretty quickly because of economic issues. So they reformed with a stronger central government but states still had pretty strong government (stronger than most provential or prefecture govt's) and it stayed this way until the civil war when the feds consolidated more power and again during WWII years when everyone started to nationalize. Now the US looks like a country that should work like UK or Australia or any european nation, but still has this seed and framework of a body like the EU, so a lot of the "state" politics get to be very muddled down in the sea of "National" politics.

[@michaeloneill8974]

Great point and well said.

[@leebennett1821]

No it's Us Celebrating the Houses of Parliament not Being Blown up by Guy Fawkes the irony is I bet a lot of American would love to see their Houses of Parliament and the Politicians blown to hell I think a lot of Americans truly think that their Politicians don't Represent them Be a Politician Because you have a notion to serve others not yourself

[@user-es7ui5mc1m]

Reasons I like Biden: without him Fall Out Boy possibly wouldn't exist (Pete Wentz's parents met working for Biden)

[@terynb4407]

😂 omg

[@tracytabb2882]

wow love biden even more we big fall out boy fans in our house ..... sending love to u all from here in scotland

[@kepriest]

Umm slight editing mistake at 0:29 I think

[@ciarasalisbury5464]

Yeah I was so confused

[@ivy6662]

i think skill share might have had something in their contract that it has to be on screen for a certain amount of time

[@evan]

@@ivy6662 hahahaha nooo they don’t ask for any of that really! I just do it for disclosure in the beginning but I messed up and somehow had it twice??? Kept glitching and then somehow I missed that 😭😭😭

[@JonTonyJim]

@@evan double the time double the money?

[@eneedham789]

Also Noah is out of focus 😂 I thought my eyes were being weird

[@kayleigh872]

HONESLTY Donald Trump throwing a tantrum on Twitter after the election was the greatest entertainment EVER 😭😭😭

[@colinf3963]

I honestly hope it continues. I really want to see him being dragged out if the Whitehouse by the secret service.

[@kayleigh872]

@@colinf3963 LMAO SAMEEE 💀💀

[@MittensZora]

Same

[@lucie4185]

Probably won't though because he is a bona-fide coward, he will probably helicopter of somewhere and sneak off to a tax haven.

[@kayleigh872]

@@lucie4185 apparently he is gonna come to scotland 🤮🤮

[@effyreads88]

That was a particularly flattering photo of Mitch McConnell, usually he looks like the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth 😂

[@crystalwolcott4744]

When you consider how Joe has lost multiple children, one while she was young, the way he acts around children suddenly makes sense. I'm not defending him, but his actions may be less sinister than they appear.

[@maisiejensseneventing4297]

Yh, it’s actually been said that his behaviour is because he sees his children in the eyes of others

[@isabelamoore337]

that's understandable but why would he sniff them?

[@juliehansen5696]

What about his behavior around women?

[@laceym314]

So glad to see Noah back! I'm so over the political discussions, but love hearing Noah's perspectives.

[@AddiRockART]

Watching this during a comfort binge… I’m from Maryland, but I voted mail in before I left the states for the UK. I watched the election in Peterborough, and got to see so many peoples opinions about the US, about every candidate, got to share less biased sources on American politics, and then got information on British politics too. I agree that you can’t just compare the parties one for one between the UK and USA… I think a lot of older people in the USA kinda fall in the middle of the two parties, more like Biden, and the younger ones tend to be more liberal. The Troys and Republicans are more different than I thought… it was a nice way to spend the election.

[@trevorstephens9874]

Evan for president, he better than Trump

[@luluuwr]

who isn't better than trump? (no offence Evan)

[@hunniemaxandtheirhumantoo3351]

To be fair Kermit the Frog would be better than Trump

[@rach_laze]

@tim loo at this point baldrick would be better than trump

[@hunniemaxandtheirhumantoo3351]

@@rach_laze and I am sure he has a cunning plan, "as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning"

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

A piece of shit is better than trump

[@trans_vincent]

I wanted Bernie and AOC so much, but AOC is young so she might end up running for president in a future election. It's all I want at this point.

[@danielcarroll3358]

AOC is only 31. She will be old enough in 2024.

[@bkaur5139]

@@danielcarroll3358 her bday's in October though

[@danielcarroll3358]

@@bkaur5139 Exactly my point. Perhaps I should have expressed it as "old enough *for* 2024".

[@bkaur5139]

@@danielcarroll3358 but don't you have to be 35 for when the nominations for who's representing that party even happens? Because if so, then she'll still be 34 but will be able to run in 2028

[@danielcarroll3358]

@@bkaur5139 Article II of the Constitution sets an age requirement of 35 years to serve as the nation’s Commander in Chief, AOC didn’t meet the bar for this cycle but would just turn 35 a few weeks prior to the 2024 Presidential Election. Do note that the rule only requires that a candidate be of age by the time of their inauguration, not the election itself. That of course would be January 20, 2025.

[@rbarber]

Thank you for saying that Biden is rightwing. It triggers me so much when Americans say "America is polarised" and I'm like no it's not, it's just rightwing and less rightwing!

[@sarahgreen1029]

It drives me crazy when Republicans try to say Biden is a socialist. Like have they looked at his views at all?

[@rbarber]

@@jwb52z9 Not all religion is backward and not even all Christian, it depends on the denomination but the most popular denominations in America are the sexist, homophobic ones.

[@greggtilghman6349]

Noah knows more than our own citizens do!!!!

[@jeremybaumeister8983]

That awkward moment when a British kid knows more about US elections than American adults

[@matthewking8806]

Thanks for having Noah on your show. I follow him on KZbin. He is very knowledgeable of American politics for being British. Invite him back again.

[@Tom_Hillman]

Noah being confused about that transition period like we haven't been in a 4 year transition period since the brexit vote lmao

[@deaththegirl3371]

Wow, I just realised how long I've been following Evan.... That's a lot of years man.

[@laurensteenkamp7693]

Kamala (Comma-la) Harris was never a cop, she was a time (about 10-15 years ago) attorney general for California. Also the whole weedsmoking thing comes from the fact that her dad's family come from (and still live in) Jamaica, both she and her dad have said that none of the family have ever smoked weed. By the way the only reason I know so much is because there was and article/ interview with her in Yesterday(Saturday)'s Times (London not New York) magazine

[@TheRuthPo]

The electoral college had nothing to do with low-populated states. It was about Southern states. A lot of the Southern population were slaves the electoral college let the Southern states count them as 3/5 of a person without them having the vote.

[@barvdw]

that may be the reason for it then, but the main reason for maintaining it after the Civil War was the fear that without that, some big centers of population would basically dominate everything. I'm still not happy with the states vote in the EC, but that there is a correction to give less densely populated states a slightly higher weight, I'm not opposed to that. In the European Parliament, that exists, too, if Malta would have their number of MEPs allocated the same way as the Germans do, they wouldn't have one. If the Germans would get as much MEPs per capita as Malta has, the size of the EP would double, so to speak.

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@barvdw I think it's funny though that the people who typically complain about affirmative action favoring minorities are also the ones that support giving favoritism to states with a minority of the population.

[@barvdw]

@@HermanVonPetri True, hypocrisy is a basic element of most politics, but even more in the US, I guess.

[@arrgghh1555]

@@barvdw The senate already gives low population states disproportionate representation. Why do it again with the president?

[@barvdw]

@@arrgghh1555 because of how powerful a president is, I don't know? And in the Senate, smaller states get a lot of overrepresentation, too much, I'd wager, for president, California and NY and Texas just blow the rest of the country out of the water. I have a bigger problem with the Winner Takes All, tbh.

[@TBH_Inc]

Glad you shouted out the NPVIC! I think it’s actually possible to come in to effect in the next decade and more publicity doesn’t hurt.

[@username5502]

“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” -Emma Goldman

[@k0pstl939]

Noah looked so happy when Evan referred to him as a British Man

[@fernclio9829]

the irritation Evan was feeling when he took off his glasses was PALPABLE

[@claudiaigsa6900]

Watching some parts of this video after January 2021 is equally funny and sad.

[@thelastcarriage6270]

Omg this video aged well like when they mentioned the transition period and trump being dangerous and impeachment like xD

[@markg6860]

Brit-American here, in Dallas. I was relieved that Biden won, but Trumpism has not gone away. If Biden does not fix the problems, he will also be a one-term POTUS and we could get an even worse "Trump", in 2024.

[@lookforward2life]

Sensible comment.

[@bteeman2758]

So what problems has Trump done, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@lucie4185]

Or a puppet kanye!

[@markg6860]

@@bteeman2758 Just a few: 1. The most un-presidential and crude sack-of-shit to ever hold such an important post, making the USA a laughing stock around the world. 2. Abysmal denial and handling of Covid. ¼ million lives lost. 3. No cheaper/better healthcare plan, despite constant promises. There never was a Trump/GOP healthcare plan! Trump’s only aim was to destroy ACA, out of spite. We are in a pandemic and millions lost jobs, along with their health coverage. 4. Tax cuts and Covid relief to big corporations, but little to the average American. 5. Awakening and legitimizing thousands of lunatics with automatic weapons and putting America on the brink. 6. Refusal to accept defeat, despite bi-partisan checks and assurances that this election was conducted fairly. Btw, do not mistake me for a Democrat.

[@Raven.flight]

And... do you STILL think you need the 2 months to transfer power? 😂

[@darthbee18]

...uh oh why is Noah's hair look like it's copying BoJo's hair (esp. in the thumbnail) 🙀🙀🙈

[@imthedude_dude]

I absolutely love that time John McCain gave to the thumbs down for the AHCA and looked right into Mitch's eyes as he done it

[@MsLulumaria]

Bernie was decent. He had some stances regarding other "democracies" which were kinda worrying (like Venezuela having a democratic election ha) but I think he has ideas that are common to other societies that Americans are not yet ready for. It is a pity but hey! Better than having Trump for another 4 years...

[@suemargaret4474]

Does it not suggest that if people you trust eg Bernie and JC question the mainstream narrative about places such as Venezuela then the mainstream narrative might be skewed? Particularly when we see how the US interferes in other elections.

[@Mrhandfriends]

Really enjoying the us / U.K. content !!!

[@chloem2338]

I didn't know much about Biden but when I looked up his history I nearly cries. It's so sad

[@darthbee18]

....yeah when I think of him going to DC from Delaware on train I think "Oh how quaint.." until I know the reason why 😢😭😭 (...it was the car accident)

[@sarahgreen1029]

I'm an American and I was on a pen pal website on election day. I got messages from Thailand, Japan, Korea, Panama, and Turkey all asking me if I voted.

[@friskiesbypurina]

"With Trump, leaving him for 2 months is dangerous" My guy, you predicted the fucking future

[@mementodoughnuts]

this is the only channel where I watch the sponsorship adds. they are so well done!

[@scarlettmacpherson4630]

The US election is more entertaining and problematic than Jeremy Kyle

[@kylecarter1683]

This was such an interesting video but I kept getting distracted by Noahs ring. I love it

[@yvonnenc18]

15:54 In November.....we had no idea what was coming, huh? 👁👁

[@Miserable_Eijit]

Low-key thought Noah was wearing a offbrand Ken doll wig, pulls it off though

[@stuartmorgan3654]

CNN: oh my gosh the Brits are so happy about Biden. Brits: Well yeah but penny for the guy mate?

[@untamedraven7455]

This is gonna be good

[@Sarah22410]

loved this video so interesting and informative nice to see Noah’s point of view

[@juliebean1910]

If any of you are concerned about the Georgia runoff and how it will affect the Senate, donate to the candidates or voting rights organizations in the state!

[@HigherEdGaming]

Coming back to this after 2 months... Good prediction...

[@montage1926]

I feel like Noah is a really funny person so I'm definitely going to follow him

[@montage1926]

@Imogen King i will

[@bryonychave-cox5813]

I have one thing to say about this video Evan and Noah...."Nice Jazz hands!" oh ok, maybe two, also..."good jumpers!"

[@alycats94]

So, Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that don’t give all the electoral votes to the popular vote winner. Nebraska’s rules about it are kind of wild. Each district gets 1 vote (most likely gerrymandered by the way...although district 3 is massive, but to be fair, it’s not heavily populated by any means), and then Omaha gets an extra electoral vote I think but I don’t remember why. And actually, we had a split vote this year. Last time that happened was the 08 election, but before that, there hadn’t been a split vote since 1964.

[@ianprince1698]

in the UK the outgoing prime minister has his removal van by the back gate (horse guards parade) and the incoming minister has his removal van in downing street ready to offload, I don't remember any grip marks on the back gate, but I bet some cigar-smoking politician had some choice words.

[@amiable97]

Let's be honest it was so ridiculous it felt like a tv show.. and it was hilarious! Then u remembered that it ain't and it was just WTF WHY IS IT BARELY A WIN FOR THE NOT INSANE ONE??

[@deaththegirl3371]

Everyone's been following the US election and I've been ignoring it but my friends kept mentioning it. Everyone was gonna get affect if Trump stayed around, especially since we've already gotta suffer Boris... None of us want to continue suffering the combined stupidity of Trump and Boris...

[@caoilfhionncommins3055]

I bet they are secret cousins or something, they are both politically in adept, from NY, have weird hair and have similar racist misogynistic views

[@TheKristina1978]

Wait Boris isn’t a blood born Brit he from NY oh god was isn’t that a legal law that you have to be born in Britain in America you have to have to be 35 or older have lived in us for 15 years or have 1 America parent

[@caoilfhionncommins3055]

@@TheKristina1978 No, you don’t have to be born in Britain, you just have to be British. We know he is British because his middle name is de Pffel or something like that

[@FridayRosesTwitch]

As a 17 year old in a liberal British School it was crazy how much everyone was following the election. Everyone was discussing it, including my 13 year old sister and her year, and every time anything changed even slightly because everyone had a tab open with the election results during lessons we’d have a discussion with the teachers on it. I remember walking into my English lesson having just checked my phone on the way there and seeing Georgia had just gotten a blue majority by .2% so announced that and we did next to no work that lesson instead just discussed the election and what was going on. It was insane how important it was to everyone both students and teachers. Also the amount of people who kept saying yes We’re in there lead and then correcting themselves to yes the democrats are in the lead was hilarious. (Also if this does get used in ur community video on Thursday, it will be my 18th birthday - finally I’ll be able to vote!)

[@firecracker1711]

oh boy here we go :D the video i didnt know i needed to see.

[@jarodh-m6099]

I am convinced that Joe Biden would be a Lib Dem.

[@cai739]

He's too authoritarian to be a LibDem. He'd be a liberal tory.

[@owenfautley]

I see the democrats in general as similar as the conservatives and the republicans as UKIP but on a larger scale and more popular.

[@ladyjane8855]

The US is hard right, so the Dems are probably the equivalent of old school Conservatives. Britain seems to have shifted right in recent years too.

[@cai739]

@@ladyjane8855 this is the problem with the term left and right. There is no defined definition of what is center. Like what is center right? Everyone has a slight different idea of what it is and this distorts the entire idea of left and right wing. You then have the idea of authoritarian and libertarian to add into the mix, and then the idea of progressive and conservative. For example I would say BNP were an authoritarian left wing party, economically they had more in common with socialists than the tories but many consider them far right.

[@ladyjane8855]

@@cai739 The definition comes with age, and living in different countries. Politics swings like a pendulum over time (currently right in Western society) but Capitalism has been king in America for a very long time. It puts fascism within easy reach but most people don't pay attention to politics until it is too late. Nationalism is a feature of fascism, which would make BNP hard right.

[@joshuawinstanley]

A 'quick' essay on Biden's UK party. I believe Biden in the UK would be a Lib Dem. This is due to Liberalism as a ideology, where there is two main strands; classical and modern liberalism. Most Tory's today either are a type of conservative called a one nation conservative or a classical liberal. Even Boris Johnson has said he sometimes leans classical liberal. This is while the Lib Dems are mostly of a modern liberalism ideology, like Biden.

[@JhonCena6969]

"why is Biden not president for 3 months" Because Trump was elected for 4 years, and has only served 3 years and 9 months. This applies to every president ever.

[@annaf2828]

Yes thanks you! I feel like no matter which side of the aisle you are on, there should be a shared respect that you should let the president fulfill their full 4 years they were elected for.

[@fernclio9829]

Yes, but Noah was also saying that the whole waiting period in general was weird

[@zkw100]

I think it’s more about why is there 3 months after the election until he’s president. Why is there such a long waiting period after someone’s won.

[@LongdownConker]

It seemed to me to be more about why there is such a long transition period in the first place because here in the UK it takes 6 days at most but 3 months lol 😂

[@therealpbristow]

...In other words, why is the election held so far ahead of the end of each president's term of office? (I'm guessing it's *partly* to do with how long it used to take to safely and securely carry all those voting boxes and/or the tallies to their ultimate destinations under horse-power, and then also allowing time for re-counts or re-votes where necessary... But even so, 3 months seems crazily long.) Is the duration written into the constitution, and thus really hard to change?

[@ashy2074]

Every time I watch one of yours I’m always like, ‘Wow the audio really sounds like a professional radio station!’

[@mackenzielaw8349]

Hi, Australian here! Fun Fact: Australians "technically" don't vote for our prime minister/state minister during federal/state elections. What we do is, vote for a member of parliament to represent our division/district - and they are usually a member of a party. In Australia, we have three major parties: the Australian Labour Party (Left), the Liberal Party of Australia (Right), and the Nationals (Right). But in my state, the Liberal and National Parties have combined into one (Don't ask - even I'm confused). But many other parties do get a lot of attention in the media such as the Greens (Very Left), One Nation (Very Right), etc. So when we vote for our representative, they get a seat in parliament and then, whichever party has the most seats, the leader of that party becomes the prime minister. BUT! The leading party can (and has) switch the leader of the party between elections if they believe they aren't doing a good job/the public doesn't like them anymore. This is actually how our current prime minister, Scott Morrison, originally rose to power (I believe he was re-elected though). This is actually a major stressor for the Australian public at large as our prime minister can change on a dime and we have no control/consistency within our government. P.S. Voting days are always a Saturday, and if you are 18+ years old, you MUST vote. It is ILLEGAL if you do not vote and the electoral commission will come for you. P.P.S. It is super easy to register to vote/vote in Australia - unlike all the hoops Americans have to jump through. P.P.P.S. Is it bad that I followed the US election closer than the current election that was happening in my state at the SAME TIME?

[@gaygreen7658]

“You should know about that. Come on.” 😂😂😂😂

[@aksb2482]

The USA is like the only country I know that lets it's states run federal elections so differently

[@jd-uz1ln]

The EU is basically the even more open construction of the USA.

[@GGysar]

​@@jd-uz1ln The EU is not a country.

[@chelled.4622]

Jumper season in London has begun!

[@luke2393]

I plan on moving to Britain or Italy after college(I’m from the US)and I have all states and all European countries memorized lol. I have two maps hanging up in my room lol 😂.

[@ТараБургустина]

Oh, and why do you wanna move? Good luck with it :)

[@luke2393]

@@ТараБургустина I love to travel and I like learning about Italy and Britain in history. And thanks!

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

If I ever moved to Europe I'd probably pick Portugal, Finland, or the Netherlands for educational reasons. I'm wanting to choose Portugal for the food, warm climate, and friendly people but assuming that the Netherlands will have the ingredients I need to make the food I like without being too expensive and that it's still somewhat warm I might end up choosing there.

[@luke2393]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 What country do you live in now? Finland probably has the best education out of those options.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

@@luke2393 The US. But Finland's cold in both weather and manners. I'm pretty sure Portugal has one of the best education while still putting importance on it being fun to learn. I'm not sure about the Netherlands. I'm fluent in both Spanish and English so Portuguese and Dutch shouldn't be too hard. Especially considering all the English speakers in the Netherlands.

[@IguanaMom]

I'm a new subscriber within the last couple weeks. I've watched a handful of your videos, some older and some newer. Just whatever pops up that interests me. I've enjoyed watching them. This is the first one I've seen with Noah. As a woman who is old enough to be his grandma, I just have to say he is quite the cutie. He reminds me of a blonde, British Jack Dylan Grazier. Actor in the "It" and "Shazam" movies.

[@mookyzook]

We do have a similar system with 'seats' in the house. Irrespective if more people voted against the ruling party they still hold the majority in parliament. This is why a lot of European countries use proportional representation to reflect the actual votes counted.

[@tymmgwayn302]

Noah... The time between election day and Inauguration Day is basically in the Constitution. Election day being the first Tuesday in November gave the time for the Electoral College to meet in D.C. back in the 1800's to cast the votes for President on December 14. It is written into the Constitution that the President be Inaugurated on January 20 before noon. It was mainly a timing issue based on travel in that era. It would take a Constitutional Amendment to change the date. However, until this year, the fear that the Lame Duck President would bugger everything up was pretty much non-existent. So, we'd never been concerned about it. Just wanted to fill in that confusion for you, Buddy. By the way... I dig your channel. Evan, I'm going to look into yours, now. Jammidodger led me to your channel. :)

[@KayChrisSwissMiss]

15:26 This video aged well, made all the calls

[@tracybrowne7019]

Love your videos, especially about education. I was really bad in Maths. I have no idea about equations graphs, decimal points etc. We have a log book back in the day, no calculators

[@ellieslittleadventure922]

I’m a little bit late to watching this video, but I just wanted give a clarification about the electoral college for anyone who wants to learn more about American history. The electoral college was created because America had no way to spread information. They obviously didn’t have television or the internet so there was no easy way to inform the American people about the candidates running for president. The founding fathers didn’t think the American people could be well informed about the candidates so to help meditate this issue, the electoral college was formed. The way that it is determined how many electors a state gets is by adding the amount of senators and representatives each state has in congress. For example, California has 53 representatives, which is determined by its population, and 2 senators. Every sate gets two senators so just like Evan said, “Places that aren’t as populated still have an equal voice,” however, that statement has more to do with why the senate was created and not the electoral college. California has the most electors at 55 and and Wyoming only has 3 electors so the electoral college doesn’t really give states an equal voice in elections. It definitely gives states with small populations more of an impact in the election as they are guaranteed at least two more electors then they would have if they only relied on the electors that are determined by their population, but they have nowhere near an equal voice. What Evan was saying is more aligned with why the Senate was created which is too long of an explanation to get into here, but if you want to learn more about that, I would suggest you look into the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan.

[@dana-mu3pp]

I'm an American, but I've been so confused about American politics so thank you for this video

[@TheOneWithWen]

As an Argentinian I spent the whole week watching news constantly. I guess my brother living in the US meant I was a bit more worried, but it's only logical to pay attention to what happens there. IT is one of the most powerful countries, and whatever happens there sets the tone to what happens elsewhere. I had a lot of friends who where like "Why do you even care? You're not american". Well, no, but I still care for people of other countries, and I still care about the state of the world. And what the president of the US can do for climate change.

[@heathermadilene]

I'm from Michigan. Our voting system here in Detroit was done fairly. The accusations were absolute pish.

[@robertgronewold3326]

One thing that is important to remember about the structure of America is that we are actually a collection of 50 SEPARATE countries that have a unified government and open borders. For Brits, think of each state less like a UK county and more like how Scotland, Wales and England are all technically separate nations as a joint whole. So a lot of the holdover laws and differences really come down to that old distinction.

[@miasancto]

You know you’re becoming British when you say a swear word on camera and don’t bleep it out 😂😂😂😂

[@playswith_squirrels]

I didn't know I needed this video

[@Porelorexeus]

The Electoral College isn't really there to sway things toward the sm states that's the Senate that does that. The EC just is partly weighted by the Senate. The EC was made to select the President in a similar way to Parliaments selecting Prime Ministers. Originally it was going to be Congress, but they wanted a separate body to do it

[@stuartcombs6412]

It takes so long because the dates are predetermined. when America didn't have automobiles and it took horses and letter carriers to deliver votes it took a long time to figure out who was actually elected. The only reason why we have an idea so soon now is because of media and communications

[@elizabeth2918]

I wish I knew you guys in real life 😭 like fr your videos always make me laugh so much and put me in such a good mood woah.

[@goreyfantod5213]

Not-so-fun-fact: the lengthy Presidential Transition period is a relic left from before the invention of modern transportation & communication. The President-Elect isn't legally required to be present in the capital until Inauguration Day. Prior to the 20th century, it took weeks for news of the election results to reach all parts of the country and literally months for people to travel to Washington D.C. by horse. So, the transition period was actually substantially longer; closer to four months. With the exception of presidents who died in office, inaugurations were held in March. Over time, with the advent of railways & cars + the telegraph, radio, telephone, etc., the length of transition was incrementally shortened.

[@graememudie7921]

The principal of the Electoral College is similar, sort of, to how Scotland has a higher proportion of MP’s than our population. Of the 650 MP’s we have 59 which is 10 times what we would have if it was based on population. Within that 59 that there’s a mix of parties represented. At the moment most are Scottish Nationalist.

[@imbored872]

I generally love Evan's videos and to avoid spamming I don't normally comment "Great video" on every video; having said that, there seemed to be something off with the editing of the video - the timings and delay seemed a little untidy and some of the edits did not seem checked through. Not complaining about free content but more so confused about the deviation from the usual high standard.

[@evan]

I make mistakes :(

[@imbored872]

@@evan Don't worry about it too much - more of an outlier. Besides, you are American, making mistakes is almost hereditary [1]. [1] - American Elections 2016 Yours truly, A Brit who never makes a mistake [2] [2] - 1966

[@Darrky92]

Love Noah's new look. So awesome

[@robinson-gissettealekjandr4772]

Featuring the Georgia runoffs and the Electoral Vote Compact! Yaas, thank you for making more informative content than a lot of news organizations!

[@MichelleNixonphoto]

the reason for the long transition period is actually goes back to horses. There were no cars and transportation to DC took longer-especially if the President-elect was from a state that was further away.

[@Dog.eatdog]

A couple of mistakes here, e.g. mail-in votes have nothing to do with the drop off boxes you were talking about. Democrats need two senators from Georgia, not just one to have an equal number of seats. There hardly will be a 50/50 split in the Senate on many important issues (healthcare etc.), since Democratic senators like Joe Manchin are known to vote with Republicans.

[@MrMezmerized]

Two months later and indeed Munchkin is the liability and the GOP is still the party of NO while demanding bipartisanship.

[@vantain20]

Here's a man who always host No Offense Noah Fincce and have a time his life