Ian Bremmer on the 2024 US election ahead | Quick Take

[@patrickellinwood18]

I really appreciate that you are realistic and concerned without catastrophizing.

[@TWE_2000]

I'm obviously biased but I genuinely think he's one of the best pundits speaking about geopolitics and politics in general; at least in the English speaking world. Its a shame he usually gets so few views, though I guess that's the tradeoff when you don't rage bait for maximum views.

[@tamarastewart1470]

Voting for Harris. Why? Character, rule of law, tariffs, abortion rights, how he handled COVID, Ukraine, NATO, leadership, staffing of the administration, etc. I could go on.

[@lawrenceralph7481]

Good luck. I see the benefit /cost/ risk balance for America the other way. But we'll be ok either way. Looking back, 2016-2020 seems a lot like 2020-2024.

[@TysonQuick]

Smart choice and correct reasons

[@billcoleman4258]

Character? Leadership? Rule of law?

[@davd1986]

So more war, deaths, destruction? Got it.

[@davd1986]

So you're voting for endless illegal wars? Got it.

[@dogood8750]

It my first election where I cast a ballot I voted Harris and hope future election are less stressful

[@seanmellows1348]

Great message, here’s wishing America well from North of the 49th. With a bit of luck it’ll be decisive enough to quell the distrust in the electoral process.

[@win4387]

Well said! Same conclusion for similar reasons. Keep up the good work, the world needs your rational and thoughtful voice!

[@markdennison8326]

Very refreshing to hear your comments, and kudos to being honest about who you are voting for President.

[@SM-un4ho]

Thank you for providing valuable insights with honesty and truthfulness all the time and especially during elections time. We need more Ian Bremmer's in this world.

[@MarceloCarmello-y8s]

Congratulations, Ian, on your transparency! Let's wait and see what awaits us.

[@joesauer8068]

Well said sir! Thank you for your work.

[@PapaOscarNovember]

I'm voting for Harris. I would vote for a Republican if the candidate was anyone but Trump.

[@jasonmoser8957]

same

[@jiahan3849]

When AG Garland started lawsuits, or lawfare, it guaranteed no other republican had any chance. That was planned, wasn't it?

[@VonKirda]

Me too, but add Johnson, Lady Lindsay, Hawley, Cotton, Cruz, Grassly, Kennedy, Paul, Rubio, Scott, Vance, just to name a few.

[@rose8968]

I enjoy listening to you so much!!

[@tjk3430]

Voting for Harris. If she loses in '28 she won't try to overturn the result.

[@john1425]

Amazing what your priorities are. No she'll just try to have her political rival imprisoned. Way better!

[@tjk3430]

@john1425 foreign influence op.

[@KenOtwell]

@@john1425 Who has actually said they will prosecute their political opponents and even call out the military on them? Not Harris.

[@jumpingjack7769]

@@john1425 Trump has been in legal trouble since way before he (leave alone she) got voted into office. This isn't about imprisoning an innocent person because he happens to be your opposition. If he goes to prison, it'll be because of HIS OWN actions and nothing else. Nobody forced him to commit tax and business fraud, nobody forced him to commit sexual assault, nobody forced him to take and hide classified documents after leaving the office, and nobody forced him to try to overturn election results through planting fake electors and through intimidation of lawmakers and his own VP. He DID all of that, and if you do that sort of stuff, then don't play victim when the law catches up to you. If you don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime.

[@NelsonFrancoJobim]

@@john1425 What? Donald Felon was convicted by the people on a trial by jury.

[@nc7169]

Ian is a great American. Patriotic!

[@kaonohi09]

I agree with you and I will vote. Democracy gives me the right, as a citizen of USA, to vote, now, and in the future.

[@davidlai399]

Votes don’t matter unless in those half dozen swing states

[@concernedcitizens4110]

The 2024 US election is probably the longest, most divisive and most expensive election in the history of the country and perhaps in the world . No other democratic country is adopting this kind of election system, most elections in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Canada and Australia only lasted at best 2-3 months with a cap on spending. Just for comparison the 2024 US election cycle lasted more than 2 years started in 2023. Our democracy really needs an update.

[@SamMurray-h9w]

indeed. And it's never going to get an update when the parties have various advantages depending on which aspect of the system you look at. It's going to be status quo until there is any serious contention from a true independent candidate, or third party momentum in politics in general. That we have these two largely inept parties holding all the keys with no motivation to change anything is the biggest hinderance to progress IMO.

[@Jm-Gonz]

Pretty hypocritical, I’m not going to tell you who to vote for, but now I’m absolutely telling you who to vote for 😂😂

[@honcheelim1220]

US election system is confusing. Most find it more theatrics than a serious business. Too much emphasis on money support for candidates

[@liang8255]

So it's distrusted/detested system, then the result is invalid. You will need some hard time to rebuild trust, it will probably bring instability to your society.

[@Jammer2727]

I just don’t like how President BIDEN was sidelined.

[@meshzzizk]

i agree. if this were a civilized county he’d be put on an ice float to feed the polar bears instead of allowed to continue holding the most powerful position in the world while grey matter is visibly leaking out of his ears.

[@33stryker]

I voted for Chase Oliver. He has no chance but, as Ian said, "I don't care."

[@davidlai399]

Campaigns now cost tens of billions of dollars and both parties are supported by the same donors. It is precisely to raise the barrier to entry for third party candidates.

[@healthdoc]

A perception of instability is not a recipe for economic growth or world peace.

[@tylerlately]

7:31 it's nice to hear someone tell the truth and not dance around that

[@billtaylor4]

Of what use is it to vote in a system which doesn't respect one's vote? I am speaking primarily, but not solely, of the Electoral College. The US Senate s also a profoundly anti-democratic institution. And DC residents do not have full voting rights. When people like Ian Bremmer start focusing on reforming the system of democracy, I'll take a lot more seriously his exhortation to VOTE, because it will start to feel like it really means something.

[@davidlai399]

Unless Ian Bremmer benefits from the status quo

[@marijodennison5906]

Thank you Ian. You have spoken out loud what so many of us know. I believe in this country and the constitution and I do not trust this beloved democracy under Trump. I too am not connected to either party. I am voting for Kamala Harris and I pray she wins for the good of the future of our democracy.

[@TracyLanebike]

Good info here Ian, thanks! I just subscribed. Any thoughts on Trump and Musk's communications with Putin that was reported?

[@harrynamkoong3361]

1:55 Ian should've said, "by people I mean Republicans who support Trump" No democrat is saying election is rigged. Even republicans who don't support Trump like Liz Chaney doesn't say that. Only Trumpers say that. 8:16 This should be repeated everywhere. "Trump is unfit to be holding a HOA office never mind the US presidency"

[@john1425]

Except Hillary Clinton. Remeber Russia rigged it right?

[@oldmansgoldenwords]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. This one importance difference that most morns dont understand

[@tinay9491]

thank you for a fate and honest outlook - felon trump will permanently change America for the worse

[@davd1986]

yawn

[@ianweiss4866]

Ian, bravo and well said. Even better how well balanced you were. Thank you for posting this as we approach the 2024 election.

[@bomaite1]

Is the Electoral College an asset or a deficit to the democratic process? If it does not promote democracy, how can we stand by it and still call ourselves democratic? Who does the Electoral College serve? Who has it served in the past? Are uniform voting regulations part of the democratic process? Why does our country not have them? What do we have to do to get them established? Why does our democracy not represent the will of the majority of the people here? Why is our government so resistant to change, particularly change for the better?

[@davidlai399]

Ian is describing what we all already know. Why isn’t he using his platform to advocate for solutions and reforms, unless he is benefiting from the status quo?

[@FrankWinchester]

All first-past-the-post systems suffer from the distortions that America does.

[@NelsonFrancoJobim]

@@FrankWinchester That is not the point. In a democracy, the popular vote should decide, not an undemocratic Electoral College.

[@FrankWinchester]

@NelsonFrancoJobim many democracies don't function this way. But they're still democracies

[@SamMurray-h9w]

two parties hold all the keys = nothing will ever change

[@Laomai24]

Ian, why do elections matter? Personalities change but policies don’t change. Go back and look at Reagan administration all the way to the Biden administration. Please, tell us the policy changes?

[@thejoyoflivingtherapy]

I'd vote for Harris - not so much because I believe in all she says, but because I believe as you do that she will adhere to the law - if I were an American. I'm Canadian living in the US.

[@Volfox72]

Fantatic short summary

[@davidbocanegra7300]

You are voting for Harris, right ?

[@jabeltre1]

You voting for Harris, right?

[@KenOtwell]

@@jabeltre1 Uh, he actually said in the video that he already voted for Harris.

[@davidhiggens5468]

I appreciate his neutrality.

[@davidlai399]

He is merely describing what everyone already knows. When only a handful of swing states mater, US democracy is a sham.

[@coconutmacaroon7226]

When a mob boss says he wants somebody to sleep with fishes he's not speaking about the rest of people and aquatic animals. He knows what he's saying and most of us know what he means. Fortunate for Cheney that she has protection the average citizen doesn't.

[@debbiemetke5938]

I do not agree that everybody has to vote. Two elderly people I know who have voted Repub for 80 years now finally say that they don't like either candidate and are not voting for the first time. It's a win (for me) because they aren't giving votes to somebody who they don't especially understand or like. Yes, they could vote 3rd party but they know nothing about them and it would split votes from those who are voting and really know what's going on.

[@davidlai399]

Same rich/corporate donors feed money to both parties to ensure no third party emerges. The barrier of entry is the tens of billions of dollars. Even one raises enough money, as Bernie had, party machineries are there to fix the result.

[@VonKirda]

No electoral college issues neither ?

[@jimrooke2742]

Just saw the results of the election. Ian.. what the f*!% just happened and how?

[@lindencamelback2305]

The money is not a problem- just the opposite. Just study the issues and the candidates and vote. No problem.

[@professorakiba434]

Money is the problem. I assume Linden you don't have the money to influence elections. But superpacs do. America should not be determined by money but by people. Otherwise the very corruption people like to cite influencing the election actually begins to occur.

[@alexkish6763]

I am fine with most of what you said and actually agree with your sentiments on Trump. But you should clarify your views on the electoral college, because some are taking your comments as support for the Democrat's desire to overturn our constitutional order by abolishing the electoral college. These desires worry me as much as the manifest unfitness of Trump for the presidency. If we are to work our way through the current political realignments without descending into violence, things that protect the rights of the minority must be protected. This includes the electoral college protecting the rights of small states and the Senate filibuster protecting the minority party. What the progressive left fails to understand is that political gridlock on controversial issues is a feature built into our system by the wisdom of our founding fathers, not a bug that must be fixed.

[@Mr.aAdDies]

Clarify Trumps take on Liz Cheney then Ian🤨

[@Ioanides001]

You're not telling people who to vote for but start your video by saying that Trump should not be able to run and that he will not accept the results if he loses. Right.

[@devensilvers6256]

I reluctantly and respectfully voted for Trump. My issue is with Kamala Harris and her lack of coherent policy stances. Trump is the less of two evils, who will secure the southern border, improve national security, remove double taxation and he treated RFK with respect.. I would have much rather voted for RFK, Bernie or Biden.

[@sergeboudreault1627]

As a non American, I have a serious question: What about American Values? How can Americans ever mention American Values to anyone else when we all had so many years to witness and so many example of Trump lack of what American used to call American Values, values of honesty, family values, etc? Seems very clear that Americans don't give a damn about what they are preaching to others. Come across as being seriously hypocritical.

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

8:24 fat shaming is below you ian

[@markbeames7852]

I've known Ian since his days at RAND. Whatever you do please vote 💙💙 BLUE 💙💙

[@hcwcars1]

So you're okay with open borders and men in the little girl spaces?

[@tsagaanhuuyanzeev8782]

Vote counting machines are not functioning, LMFAO!

[@deanportman1832]

Obviously

[@cesarchavez2186]

Amen! Thank you for your insight!

[@armandonovoa3809]

Mexico is watching

[@johnc1873]

Ian thinks he and his friends are "actual journalists" LMAO.

[@UppiliSridharan]

Wow.....Ian Bremmer.....you think Canadian "democracy" that harbors Khalistani separatist movements is "fine" but couldn't get yourself to name the world's largest democracy by people (India) that just demonstrated a free and fair election in April......you even mention New Zealand which while a democracy not a significant world power..... You need to introspect on your biases before you provide your "expert" opinion....

[@professorakiba434]

I have a question: If a hypothetical Trump administration decides to impose tariffs on its free trade neighbors, should not those neighbors tear up the free trade accord and impose an even tougher tariff regime on the US? If one imposes tariffs on your free trade partners its not really free trade anymore is it?

[@MauricioGonzalezFilms]

that’s a “trade war” and 2016 Administration did this exact thing and yes some of those tariffs are still in place 2024.

[@nadiathasan1]

I appreciate your perspective and enjoy your channel. I’m voting Green for Gaza! Life is the ultimate human right and it’s meant for everyone. We all suffer when genocide happens.

[@007nait]

What a drama! LOL!

[@satoriasimov9169]

Don’t mistakes polished PR for selflessness. I’m voting TRUMP

[@lawrenceralph7481]

In CA, the outcome is predetermined by the large majority. An individual vote, one way or the other, has no material effect on the outcome.

[@lawrenceralph7481]

Eh maybe a little, you're a decent guy.. We will be fine. Threats are external. Internal unrest will subside as we tire, get used to change, get a leader with a vision we want to follow, and sadly, the emergence of external foreign threats.

[@MauricioGonzalezFilms]

my gut says Trump… but gdmn I hope the Dems at least flip the House & keep Senate narrow. Here we go!!!!😅

[@AR215S.PHILLY]

Ian would like the electoral college to go away so California New York can decide every election instead of them little inconvenient people in the middle of the country

[@malikbrooks1]

I don't agree, with accepting a trump victory. If he wins we do not accept him. He cannot ever sit in office.

[@scherzandokarasu6353]

It’s a very noble position.

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

Why can’t not voting for anyone count as a protest to the existing political structure?

[@bensmith5413]

You voted for harris😂 there goes your credibility. She is completely incompetent. Just like trump she has huge flaws.

[@marcussassan]

😉

[@barrycolson]

Thank you for voting, Ian. And thank you for voting for VP Harris and Gov. Walz.

[@mikewilliams7800]

With you on everything. We had an excellent mail in voter experience in Nassau County Florida. Trump is a bad winner and loser.

[@john1425]

"Im not going to endorse a candidate or tell you who to vote for" then immediately endorses a candidate and tells you who to vote for. 😂 I love that a guy who is a supposed geopolitical strategist and charges clients millions of $ for in depth analysis just squawks "JANUARY 6TH!"

[@ryandragunat4066]

Well.. Props to you for paying attention to someone you disagree with I guess

[@jumpingjack7769]

Yes, as a geopolitical analyst, he knows that January 6th was a really bad day. Do you know what happened that day, and what almost happened? (Hint: it wasn't a group of tourists visiting the Capitol.) Separate question, do you think it's cool to not admit you've lost an election?

[@johnc1873]

his geopolitic analysis are trash .

[@glennr9913]

I voted for Harris. Trump should be punished. Vote BLUE!!

[@dbillow]

Ian if you think Trump is ineligible to run, why don’t you say the same about Harris who was installed as the Democratic candidate without ever getting a single vote in a primary, ever after the duly selected candidate was ousted by his own party. You may not like Trump but he got to this point in a more democratic way than Harris.

[@honkoff99]

It's not required that parties have primaries to select their nominees. I don't think we had primaries until the early 20th century. You can say Biden was pushed out, but as far as we know he made the final decision to withdraw. And virtually all of his released delegates and a large majority of Democrats nationwide pretty quickly declared their support for Harris. Hard to say it wasn't democratic.

[@stuartrutman4885]

Dbillo... You are a prime example of why people don't believe in institutions anymore. You are just looking for a reason to disqualify the candidate that you do not like.

[@dbillow]

@@stuartrutman4885Actually, it’s censorship, neocon driven needless wars, corporate control of our government and little things like that that make people distrust our government. If pointing that out makes me an example, then I’m all for it.

[@michaelwellen2866]

He'll never admit this, but 20$ says Ian's voting for Trump.

[@bradsillasen1972]

By that I assume you didn't watch the video. Always a good idea before you make unsubstantiated claims.

[@john1425]

Dude he has TDS he served under Biden

[@jasentenney6907]

The problem is one candidate is an actual American and the other is not. That Kamala is running for president in the USA makes America a joke. There’s the problem Ian.

[@professorakiba434]

How is Kamala not American. She was born in Oakland, California. Are you saying California is not an American state?

[@jasentenney6907]

And now you know why we no longer believe in democracy in America!

[@jumpingjack7769]

Please explain why you think Kamala is not American, but Trump is.

[@jasentenney6907]

And now you know why a lot of Americans no longer believe in democracy! 😂

[@stevealbert497]

Let's face the facts- You are ignorant!

[@davidbocanegra7300]

You are voting for Harris,right?

[@professorakiba434]

Its called analysis. Just because Ian is describing the undercurrents that are impacting your vote and your election doesn't mean he is voting Harris automatically. Just like if I describe the Battle of Waterloo in all its details doesn't mean my analysis suggests support for the British or support for Napoleon Bonaparte. One can provide objective analysis without suggesting otherwiase. Ian, as a political scientist, is a being a professional and that speaks loudly in his analysis.

[@KenOtwell]

@@professorakiba434 Uh, he actually said in the video that he already voted for Harris.