*No Third Party Candidate* Well, shit- Wait, what's this- Oh.... *goes around the corner and burns "Deez Nuts"'s Candidacy papers*
@kevinchiem40617 жыл бұрын
hmm, my, what a problem, (the coin landed in a crack) do we both win, or do we both lose?
@dingers5days7 жыл бұрын
Just do 'heads I win tails you lose' next time against your opponent if they're gullible enough
@underdoneelm77217 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Chiem Simple, they both become -king- president
@Zorbak9628 жыл бұрын
I knew Alaska's representative was a bear with a tie.
@tuxedo_productions6 жыл бұрын
What an honest politician...
@fenfen7306 жыл бұрын
I live in Alaska and that is our rep his name is papa bear
@AnArchyRulzz6 жыл бұрын
If you look up the rep for Alaska he kind of looks like a bear
@edmind476 жыл бұрын
Zorbak962 I
@CharlesPanigeo5 жыл бұрын
Honestly we need a new representative. Don Young has been our rep since 1973 for god's sake. Thats 46 years!!! Talk about career politicians am I right.
@Priesstt_4 жыл бұрын
Imagine spending your entire life in the American eye. Deciding to run for president, spending years worth of stress on promoting yourself over a couple months. Winning all of it and being nominated for your area. Going one on one for the most powerful role on the planet. Getting 269/270 electoral votes, just one away from the presidency. Then you pick heads and the coin lands on tails.
@screamsinrussian57733 жыл бұрын
bruh
@blagoevski3363 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@sametortoise41253 жыл бұрын
bruh
@farouqalsalih6193 жыл бұрын
bruh
@shardtheduraludon3 жыл бұрын
bruh
@user-zl1fi8se3h3 жыл бұрын
2020: “Write that down, write that down....”
@thomasmagee68063 жыл бұрын
This comment aged very well.
@GaryOakPR3 жыл бұрын
*_YOU FOOL, YOU DOOMED US ALL!_*
@MaQuGo1193 жыл бұрын
coronavirus
@Scott-xx6ib3 жыл бұрын
Dude...
@Schnabeltassentier3 жыл бұрын
Ho boy, this is gonna be fun...
@Naxvarus8 жыл бұрын
Everything you said in this video gave me a headache. Not because I didn't understand it, but because I did.
@Kilk_AI7 жыл бұрын
Ezio133798 lol same
@a.arnold14135 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a good t-shirt
@alohadubs76835 жыл бұрын
Ezio133798 Basically, to make America, say, communist, win support of the smaller states, tie the Democrats and Republicans, and boom, America is communist.
@iliatchaplinski4 жыл бұрын
@@alohadubs7683, not quite. America's president is communist. The president has limited power, and depends on Congress to pass laws. Without Congress' favour, a Communist president would have a hard time doing much communism.
@user-ti2rg2mq6z4 жыл бұрын
...And vice versa
@MidnightAssass1n4 жыл бұрын
Remember when George Washington said don’t split into parties?
@jwil42864 жыл бұрын
I certainly do. Sadly, Idk how many others do. Sometimes I wonder if the Founding Fathers moonlit as fortune tellers
@josephandersonslaugh49234 жыл бұрын
Literally impossible as long as people disagree
@blooblerdoobler4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah me and ol' george go way back. Clever man he was.
@pramitvyas37474 жыл бұрын
STAHP they way he helped set this system up, it was inevitable
@rrteppo4 жыл бұрын
@@josephandersonslaugh4923 agreed but parties are not always terrible just when people only vote for one party no matter what. There are a supprising number of people who only vote one way because that's how they always voted
@Stormson3 жыл бұрын
so kanye could be president after all...
@alexettamarna68103 жыл бұрын
Most underrated comment
@DaDARKPass3 жыл бұрын
No he couldn't. He got in too late to register for most states, leaving him with like 5 states to run in.
@py85543 жыл бұрын
@@DaDARKPass I think he meant that theoretically the Congress could vote in Kayne as the president in the case of electoral votes tie.
@wurmsrus23 жыл бұрын
@@py8554 Kanye would need to win at least 1 state or have one of the electoral college members go against their states wishes in order to be in the top 3
@melon51113 жыл бұрын
The small states love him.
@memestagram40283 жыл бұрын
It's worth mentioning that if there's a 50-50 tie in the Senate, the VP does break the tie, so if a President is running for re-election and there's an Electoral College tie, the VP can vote for themselves.
@happynotredamefan37362 жыл бұрын
Would be interested to see vp vote for self
@earthball2024 Жыл бұрын
And if There is A president from the different party elected. It would get really weird. Real fast...
@edwardmikus7556 Жыл бұрын
I wonder why this situation isn’t treated the same as a Presidential impeachment trial, where the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Senate so that the Bono’s removed from a situation involving Presidential succession.
@J.C.3 Жыл бұрын
Wait so does the current house vote or the newly voted house that comes in January.
@memestagram4028 Жыл бұрын
@@J.C.3 newly voted House
@someperson25007 жыл бұрын
"Don't worry, there is an 18th century solution to the problem!" lol fml this is too true
@iustinianconstantinescu54985 жыл бұрын
Some Person The 12th amendment (which dictates this crazy shit) was written in 1804(19th century).
@Komrad_Yuri5 жыл бұрын
@@iustinianconstantinescu5498 4 years
@superduperfantastichour51564 жыл бұрын
My motto is: if it's old, it must be wrong.
@superduperfantastichour51564 жыл бұрын
Ever wonder what happens what the government does when you say things publicly that people dont like? Or what the government can do to you for practicing your own religion? Dont worry, theres an 18th century solution to the problem!
@robertjarman37034 жыл бұрын
MJ Willard It survives by the continued confidence of the population to retain it, and groups who write new constitutions include clauses like freedom of speech and thought in their new documents as well. How many people would have ever come up with this type of method for resolving a tie like this today?
@jcrosenkreuz52133 жыл бұрын
There's about a one-in-fifty chance this video's going to get REALLY relevant in a few months.
@whitephoenixofthecrown20993 жыл бұрын
i really hope it does
@Baton7933 жыл бұрын
@@whitephoenixofthecrown2099 would be pretty funny
@zeeb21903 жыл бұрын
mhm
@sawri3 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm
@clyandro3 жыл бұрын
@@sawri uhuh
@thomase57463 жыл бұрын
Don't mind me, just placing my premature bet that this video is going to blow up in a few days...
@abc681303 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't bet on NC going Biden, MI and PA are looking more likely.
@blakerupp14443 жыл бұрын
Shut up
@jonathanwalther3 жыл бұрын
What was the viewer count a week ago?
@thomase57463 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanwalther 3.0 M
@PrimeTimeGamer73 жыл бұрын
@@thomase5746 yeah it blowin up then
@knightofkyranic24514 жыл бұрын
“Vice President and president can be from two different parties” So Like how they used to do it...
@revan12024 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking I don't know when they decided not to that anymore but you can tell it was a negative to let the party decide it's own vp it should always be second runner up. Scary as that is now to think about it hillary VP to trump.
@Aragon15004 жыл бұрын
The 11th amendment they passed rhe 12th around the same time it was used to cheat Jackson out of the Presidency the first time he ran. Jackson at least felt cheated since he won the popular vote and wanted to abolish the Electoral college but never got around to it.
@patrickross19733 жыл бұрын
@@revan1202 In other countries that do it I am pretty sure it not the runner up for president the VP is different election all together.
@strider75577 жыл бұрын
Hey cgp, you forgot one minor detail about the senate part. The senate has a tiebreaker: the Vice President. In the scenario you described, the outgoing Vice President would get to cast the tie breaking vote.
@MethosFilms7 жыл бұрын
Strider755 u are right. the vise president is the president of the usa senate. he or she can break a tie.
@KittenWarlock7 жыл бұрын
The senate could however fail if two candidates were to tie for second place, and the senate vote continually ends with nobody taking a majority.
@strider75577 жыл бұрын
That's impossible because the Senate picks from the top two.
@KittenWarlock7 жыл бұрын
Strider755 If two people are tied for second however, they'd have to pick between more than two.
@HooDatDonDar4 жыл бұрын
The Senate is guaranteed to get a winner first vote. They only consider the top two, and the veep breaks a tie. This is deliberate, so there will be an approved, properly elected person to act as president if the house can not make up its mind.
@astrick17687 жыл бұрын
Solution. Make Peuto Rico the 51st state. No more representative ties.
@scaper87 жыл бұрын
I believe that tgey've been offered it several times if I'm not mistaken. They keep refusing; not seat in Congress but less taxes. They feel it's a win.
@nick216147 жыл бұрын
They don't want to be a state when they get the benefits without paying taxes
@MegaDrunkViking7 жыл бұрын
But now they have to either leave the country or become a state, or spend years upon years toiling as slave labor for the owners of their debt.
@MegaDrunkViking7 жыл бұрын
Also, they do pay SOME taxes, just not all of them.
@nick216147 жыл бұрын
Alexander West False, only people in PR that pay federal taxes are people that work for the federal government
@KittenisKitten3 жыл бұрын
Who is watching this at 2020 on the 4th of November, waiting for the results wondering if this could happen
@pridecat3 жыл бұрын
hi
@jagrubster3 жыл бұрын
hello
@izzrainy74103 жыл бұрын
sup
@williamw35013 жыл бұрын
Its looking like it will.
@gamespotlive36733 жыл бұрын
Lol. Yes. Frick yes.
@Czarmzy3 жыл бұрын
Then: Cool trivia but I doubt it will be ever useful 2020:
@stephh44958 жыл бұрын
"Flip a coin" kinda like they did in Iowa?
@slitheen1218 жыл бұрын
+Stephen H well studies show that flipping a coin is a 51-49 chance in favour of the starting side... so its not quite democratic enough for MURICA
@JonHT968 жыл бұрын
No, we mean flip a fair coin. (Seriously, six flips, all for Hillary? That's a 1.5625% chance of happening? Bernie may have the one in a billion chance of a bird going to his podium, but that 1/64 Chance Hillary got was more valuable)
@republicazi328 жыл бұрын
+JonHT96 The laws of probability don't work like that. Each coin flip is a50-50 shot; they don't stack to make it more or less likely to land a certain way up, every flip of the coin is a stand-alone event. You can flip a coin a billion times, all of them somehow landing heads up, but that doesn't affect the laws of probability one iota; flip number billion and one will still have the same exact 50-50 chance as flip number one. Also, just because there is a low chance of something happening doesn't mean that it makes that improbable event impossible, it's just improbable. An example would be the odds of a meteor entering a particular part of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time of day and so on. The likelihood of such an event may be astronomically low once all the factors are calculated, but that won't stop such events happening all the time. It's the way the world is; no conspiracies, just the nature of reality. Just a friendly reminder of how mathematics works in the real world (and before you call me a Trump loon, yes I'm a Democrat).
@JonHT968 жыл бұрын
republicazi32 Oh, I know it wasn't impossible. I know that wining six flips in a row is possible. And while yes, it was 50/50 each time, that still means winning six times consecutively is 1/64. After that first 50/50, the next thing would be 50/50 too. Well, that means winning both would be 1/4 or 25% because you were dividing up the 50% in two again. And again. And again. And again. Annndddd again. And by the end, the chances of winning all 6 is 1/64, even if each is 50/50.
@BloodyRamen8 жыл бұрын
+republicazi In fact, you have a 100% of flipping one side. If you had a 50% of flipping both, you could actually flip both at the same time.
@Ildskalli7 жыл бұрын
Don't even mention the coin toss!! Here in Chile, when two candidates for Mayor are tied, the tie is broken with... a coin toss. And most of us never knew because it was so unlikely, that it barely merited mention. Until it happened this past Sunday. And I think I speak for a lot of my fellow countrymen/women when I say that is ridiculous, shameful even. So no, please, no coin tosses in a democracy. There's much better ways to break ties.
@mowu84597 жыл бұрын
give us an example of a better method
@Ildskalli7 жыл бұрын
Well, in the US you could have the Representatives vote directly, they're an odd number after all. In our case? Run another election. And if that still doesn't work, have the City Council vote between the two (it'd be a good idea as the Mayor has to work closely with the Council, so it's logical to have the majority support for budgets and projects).
@smygskytt17127 жыл бұрын
Pah. That is just the office of mayor's. Take a look at Sweden between 1973 and '76, there you'll find true lunacy. The parliament at that point had 350 members, and that year the result was split 175 - 175 between the socialists and the liberals. And so every single issue where they couldn't compromise, the issue was decided by drawing lots, thus earning that election the name "the lottery parliament". The liberals won at lottery 40 and the socialists 39 times.
@Ildskalli7 жыл бұрын
Smygskytt #1 Now THAT is crazy. Maybe even crazier is that the split was almost a perfect 50/50... and probably each party got the bills passed that they didn't care so much for, so that both became angry ^_^
@smygskytt17127 жыл бұрын
Ildskalli From what I can find, there was very few times when the drawing of lots was actually required. Instead, the governing socialists sought a broad support and compromise across the parliamentary parties.
@josephjdusbabek37792 жыл бұрын
Just call Russia for a tiebreaker
@olucaszb3 жыл бұрын
And of course KZbin recommends this the day after the 2020 election
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions3 жыл бұрын
I got this KZbin recommendation on November 11, 2020, just after the 2020 federal election, and early in the electoral turmoil. Thankfully, a candidate got more than 270 electoral votes this year, so this election could have been crazier!
@pikamonketchumlol12373 жыл бұрын
DONT LIKE ITS AT 69 *NOICE*
@holdemdang8 жыл бұрын
Both entertaining and terrifying information.
@dsmith99648 жыл бұрын
None of these fanciful scenarios will happen in real life practice. All these are a bunch of cute little math exercises meant to misinform the uneducated. Nothing to get worried about.
@NagencaTV8 жыл бұрын
+D Smith Imagine a popular independent candidate and a close situation between the 2 largest parties. Getting 26 states is the hardest part. But it can be achieved if they are granted special treatment during the presidency. I'd suppose that many of the smaller states (and alaska with just one guy who could receive easy reelections) would vote for this independent candidate because they'd have a huge advantage over the bigger states. A feast for any representative. It's mostly unlikely due to the two-party system. Not because of the needed steps to become president.
@Fatortu8 жыл бұрын
+NagencaTV Simply imagine Trump running as third party candidate. Neither the Republican nor the Democrat candidate has the majority. Then the House of representatives would have to decide. Who would win ?
@dsmith99648 жыл бұрын
+Fatortu Good question. Right now, we don't know who the Democratic or Republican nominees will be. Assuming that Trump runs as an independent and to the right of the Republican nominee, he could possibly swing a few red states to the Democratic nominee. If Trump runs to the left of the Republican nominee, he could win a couple of red states and maybe a couple of small blue states. If in the unlikely event that Trump could win enough states to cause a contingent election in the House of Representatives, it is likely that the election would go the nominee whose party controls a majority of House delegations but not necessarily the party that holds the House majority.
@Fatortu8 жыл бұрын
D Smith I think the Republican nominee would get elected because the GOP usually control more states and congressmen are unlikely to vote for Trump...
@LunaProtege8 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to write a fan fic where there's ties for president all the way down... And the speaker becomes acting president. Bonus points if it takes them a full term to solve the tie, and the whole time the speaker acting as president does a better job than whichever guy they elect at the end. Extra point if they decide to scrap presidency altogether because of that.
@Retterime7 жыл бұрын
I'm working on one right now! :D
@pikistikman7 жыл бұрын
That wouldn't be a fan fic, that would just be fiction.
@soinlove83067 жыл бұрын
Luna it's your idea you should write it :) I would 100% read it. But don't make it 4 years make it like 2-3yrs then the president gets it and fucks everything over ;)
@soinlove83067 жыл бұрын
If you really are and post it give us the link!
@jesusthroughmary7 жыл бұрын
There are two difficulties with this concept. 1. The Senate would simultaneously be voting for vice president, and if a VP is elected then he would immediately replace the Speaker as Acting President. Not sure if the sitting VP would break a tie in the Senate. 2. The House isn't allowed to conduct any other business until they elect a President. So they literally couldn't introduce any legislation at all, in which case the Acting President wouldn't exactly be able to made to look good.
@Wildbarley3 жыл бұрын
2020 says hello, and thanks you for this video. Because in under 60 days we’ll be living it.
@oliverqueen58833 жыл бұрын
I see this video trends every four years. I wonder why? 😋
@blueberryboi94269 жыл бұрын
Is it too much work to allow the people to vote directly for the president?
@dsmith99649 жыл бұрын
In order for the people to vote directly for President, the electoral college must be abolished. In order for the electoral college to be abolished, there must be a Constitutional Amendment. In order to pass a Constitutional Amendment, a proposed Amendment must pass 2/3 vote of the House of Representatives AND pass a 2/3 vote in the Senate AND pass a majority vote in 3/4 of the state legislatures. Getting a Constitutional Amendment passed is a lot of work. Voting directly for President likely will never happen.
@blueberryboi94269 жыл бұрын
Is it too much work to instate a more functional government-wait, never mind.....
@dsmith99649 жыл бұрын
Is it too much work to pick a book or Google subjects such as federalism or the US Constitution? Apparently for some people it is. The Constitutional Amendment process deliberately made it difficult to change the Constitution. The Constitution is not and was never designed to represent the will of the majority of the people. The Constitution is the Rule of Law meant to protect the natural rights of everyone.
@julian10009 жыл бұрын
Jude Pelaez That would be a bad idea. The democrat candidate would never lose which would be bad because then we'd have essentially a one-party system which might as well be a fancy dictatorship. Pure popularity voting is a pretty bad idea overall because it doesn't accurately represent the different cultures and opinions within a voting system, it just lets the popular guy stay popular forever and never have any competition which is quite not good.
@sevret3139 жыл бұрын
julian1000 1. US has a term limit. 2. The person who get most votes in the electoral has most often the most popular votes too. 3. Election is a popularity contest, direct voting wouldn't change it. 4. Both system are bad. Uni-chamber Parliamentarianism is the way to go. Remove the senate and let the Congress elected the president/prime-minister. Which is how it is done in most European countries. There is no point of having a president that doesn't have support in Congress. And having a senate would just cause grid-lock and not an effective government.
@Rouverius7 жыл бұрын
Anyone else for replacing the whole thing for a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors?
@thegardenofeatin59657 жыл бұрын
Or, a simple popular vote?
@Rouverius7 жыл бұрын
The Garden of Eatin I was going to suggest a pumpkin chunkin contest but your idea just might be crazy enough to work too.
@gregwessendorf7 жыл бұрын
Whoa there... this is the internet. You won't last long here with your "rational, reasonable thinking" nonsense.
@mymanpaddymcnair19507 жыл бұрын
Penalty shoot-out.
@chado30007 жыл бұрын
Rouverius i would prefer turning all candidates lose on an island, and make it a presidency of the survivor. But then the Democrats would find a way to rig that too.
@jeredgarcia62273 жыл бұрын
goddamnit algorithm perfect timing
@colorado8413 жыл бұрын
Also note: If the speaker of the house refuses to be president, the two original candidates just play a game of paper scissors rock.
@wolfganggluck61993 жыл бұрын
best of 3, as it's written in the constitution
@BoibbleicecubebfdiMrexist3 жыл бұрын
@@wolfganggluck6199 it’s called rock paper scissors, though.
@johanrunfeldt71742 жыл бұрын
How F-ed up does the United States have to be, for anybody to refuse to be President when offered the position?
@digilici9512 жыл бұрын
it’s rock-paper-scissors in america
@aryanbhuta33822 жыл бұрын
Actually, the office would go to the next in line, the Senate's President Pro Tempore. After that, it goes to the Secretary of State, and so on. There's a list of 17 people in line to the presidency.
@mikefung30008 жыл бұрын
Freaky prophet you CGP. They actually flipped a coin to decide the winner of a caucus.
@ijirving8 жыл бұрын
+mf4361 A prophet predicts things, not describe something that could theoretically happen. Im sure he didnt throw in the coin comment by coincidence.
@nmarbletoe82107 жыл бұрын
some the olde time prophets were often dudes that warned people and governments to repent, behave, and get it together. kinda like Bernie actually often real pains in the ass. Now the oracles, they predicted the future. Or else they said what the king wanted, even better.
@MissKapanadze7 жыл бұрын
Prophets don't actually predict things. A prophet is a person who delivers a message from God. That message doesn't have to be about the future. I think you're thinking of a fortune teller or a psychic :)
@carultch4 жыл бұрын
Caucuses are such a stupid way to cast votes. Everyone has to stand around in a school gymnasium for hours, listen to speeches, and publicly admit their vote. Other than retired people who have nothing else to do, who has time for that? And why would anyone mandatory publicity to their vote?
@TheRealBeardyPenguin8 жыл бұрын
how is America even a country?
@javige038 жыл бұрын
You must be dumb
@finleycastello65128 жыл бұрын
I have no idea
@somecrazdude24128 жыл бұрын
Basically in 1776, British colonists in the 13 North American colonies wrote the Declaration of Independence, where they basically said "Fuck you Britain, I'm on my own, fuck off". Then the colonists fought the British off the colonies until they just left the US alone.
@astavie29208 жыл бұрын
+ArgumentNotValidRBLX America is a continent, he is not dumb, he is right
@javige038 жыл бұрын
+- TheRActivator - He said country
@beanburrito44053 жыл бұрын
Seems like everyone comes to rewatch this every four years, lol
@josephjackson19564 жыл бұрын
Grey, you must *REALLY* despise the electoral college
@rogen80944 жыл бұрын
Grey is a fairly vocal opponent of the electoral college.
@masicbemester3 жыл бұрын
Popular vote should be the only valid vote Change my mind
@amnesiaclover20013 жыл бұрын
@@masicbemester Agreed. The electoral college system is semi-democratic unlike popular vote systems which are fully democratic.
@atomicblitz77062 жыл бұрын
@@masicbemester Cities and heavy populated states would decide everything. All a politician would have to do is win over the population of New York and Cali because it's shown that people In the same general area have similar thoughts and values. With the electoral college every state is important and helps prevent basically two states from ruling over the others.
@atomicblitz77062 жыл бұрын
Also you got to consider the size of each state. An American state is more comparable to an entire European country in size and population. Each state having its own culture,laws, and values.
@zachogilman73976 жыл бұрын
0:28 Top-left of image, front row of the representative area. The creeper.
@teethepenguin26524 жыл бұрын
Zacho Gilman nice observation skills!
@ratedpending3 жыл бұрын
Aw man
@creeperfromminecraft36933 жыл бұрын
so a creeper is house of representative
@bishop29855 жыл бұрын
That one Representative that is sick that day 😂
@haruhifujioka59524 жыл бұрын
HOUSE: WHY DID WE GET A TIE AGAIN! IDAHO: DONT WORRY WYOMING IS SICK!
@kets44432 жыл бұрын
Just convince them to come, it's how caesar was assassinated
@Flugzeugdreger2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who kept screaming "just choose whoever won the popular vote, eggheads!" All through to the end?
@legendgames1282 жыл бұрын
Let the censorship begin!
@PremierCCGuyMMXVI2 жыл бұрын
@@legendgames128 censorship?
@SlyRoapa3 жыл бұрын
I know exactly why this landed in my recommended.
@MateusSFigueiredo7 жыл бұрын
And I thought House of Cards was weird. Reality is worse.
@garysanders60917 жыл бұрын
Popular to be a cynic now a days.
@Dirtfire7 жыл бұрын
I hope you're being sarcastic.
@Matheuxp7 жыл бұрын
Did you check out the last season? One of the screenwriters was definitely inspired by this video.
@whoami302044 жыл бұрын
It's worse when the actor is a rapist.
@pasdpasse4393 жыл бұрын
@@whoami30204 The accusation was dropped, so stop acting stupid
@matthew-343710 жыл бұрын
A 3 sided coin of course
@Chief4Army11710 жыл бұрын
Well put my friend! Also, you get a brohoof. /)
@GideonGleeful9510 жыл бұрын
Or a 12 sided dice. That could work. Or, just get them to play Civ V and see who wins.
@KaiserBob998 жыл бұрын
+Matthew Chapin Heads- Dem Tails- Rep Edge of the coin- 3rd party
@artisanmage53786 жыл бұрын
so.... a dice?
@madisongreen79755 жыл бұрын
Roll a d20
@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj51413 жыл бұрын
Who else is here during the election trying to see how this might play out?
@averagejoe60313 жыл бұрын
“Each representative doesn’t get one vote, each STATE gets one vote” Everyone: COME ON NOT AGAIN
@owlboy_99955 жыл бұрын
@2:30 "Which might make for some very uncomfortable meetings..." ...or the BEST sitcom.
@coglineerro7308 жыл бұрын
Why is there not a show where the senate picks a staunch republican vp and the house picks a staunch democrat pres?
@theprimalfuckhead5268 жыл бұрын
Because all democrats are pussies, except Sanders but he's a socialist
@baconspaceman40948 жыл бұрын
+Kenpachi Zaraki How does that matter? That's a good thing!
@baconspaceman40948 жыл бұрын
***** why not?
@coglineerro7308 жыл бұрын
***** Socialism as an economic system has the same progression through classes as capitalism. However, profits are shared equally rather then just to the top executives. The easiest way to think about it is that the board of directors is made up of every employee in the company. Equal say. Democracy in the workplace. Wanna outsource a department? Everyone votes on it. Want to save a buck by using dangerous chemicals? Everyone gets a vote.
@baconspaceman40948 жыл бұрын
***** alright
@dasamont82743 жыл бұрын
Uh-oh, this is gonna be interesting today
@boombox17382 жыл бұрын
“If there’s a tie there’s a simple solution,” *loads M4A1 with malicious intent* “A 18th century solution.” *loads blunderbuss with malicious intent*
@Zorc62010 жыл бұрын
The Senate wouldn't tie, though. The current Vice President breaks any tied vote in the Senate, and I'm sure that would apply here, too.
@handlesarecringe9575 жыл бұрын
Unless there are three or more candidates
@Connor-ts1xv3 жыл бұрын
Nathan only the top two candidates for VP would be up for vote to prevent a tie. But that doesn’t mean a Senator won’t abstain, causing the Senate to be deadlocked.
@CheQuinnvaraRules10 жыл бұрын
Just get a multi-party system with proportional representation, works for Germany, and gives a broader choice and gives a chance for more compromise and alliances of different ideologies.
@thomasconrow59804 жыл бұрын
They do not elect the head of the government by popular vote.
@firstname1053 жыл бұрын
This kind of system has a high chance of ending up with a hung parliament and nothing ever gets done other than petty squabbling
@ameykulkarni7491 Жыл бұрын
Ah yeah Germany with it's famously decisive, easily ruling, and not-hung parliament?
@JohnRaymondPeterson4 жыл бұрын
I'm for that crazy idea you mention at the end. Some people may have been too busy cursing when you brought it up, so... I'll be posting this KZbin on social media with an introduction advising all to pay particular attention to the the last 12 seconds. Thank you for the clip and let's hope everyone uses their vote in 2020.
@docxy73314 жыл бұрын
"Thats a bad idea" -the people who started the country
@figboot2 жыл бұрын
2:39 uh oh, watch out! There's a well-dressed minecraft creeper in the house of representatives!
@fett7167 жыл бұрын
anyone else notice the minecraft character at 2:41 with the suit and creeper head?
@TheKYLEdavid7 жыл бұрын
He used to put a creeper in all of his videos as a joke
@zachogilman73976 жыл бұрын
Did you see the one at 0:28 though? Note: He only puts it in videos where he has images of a big seating, like the house or United Nations.
@someedgysnipermain53186 жыл бұрын
Zacho Gilman or videos with images of distant castles
@siegelink95494 жыл бұрын
WOW, nice observation.
@JesusHComedy7 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Alaska's representative was a bear in a suit. lol
@SBroproductions7 жыл бұрын
Ya it's really awkward during meetings.
@carultch4 жыл бұрын
It's actually a man named Don Young, who has had the position since 1973. Alaska is a district where he polls with large margins, and has an extremely safe seat.
@dinonuggiesguy48473 жыл бұрын
Bro why won't the presidents just do a rock paper scissors, its much easier and fair.
@Michaelonyoutub8 жыл бұрын
Don't joke about the coin flip man. I'm from Prince Edward Island, Canada and our province had an election earlier this year and when one district ended up having a tie the candidates ended up deciding the winner by coin flip. What makes this situation more messed up is the fact that because Canada isn't a two party system there were many who voted for other parties and in the first past the post system there votes don't count when it comes to breaking a tie. That is the reason I really hope our new government in Canada changes from being a FPTP system to some other better system.
@creak227 жыл бұрын
Good to know the creators of House of Cards are CGP Grey fans too
@dennisdegennaro74592 жыл бұрын
0:47 I just realized florida looks like a gun
@sonuji143 жыл бұрын
This video is going to be very relevant for the election tomorrow.
@mwlin19 жыл бұрын
Veep's season 4 finale sent me here!
@LSpiro8 жыл бұрын
When it’s a tie, just have Bush’s cousin prematurely and erroneously call the election.
@hgod75018 жыл бұрын
lol
@GreyWolfLeaderTW7 жыл бұрын
Except that he didn't. All he did was stop a recount that had gone 8 times already in Bush's favor.
@Aragon15004 жыл бұрын
The margin got more narrow each time the votes where counted they ran out of time to recount anyways. maybe gore actually won Florida but unfortunately we will never know now.
@bjdon993 жыл бұрын
I think the biggest concern if it was 269-269 to start would be that one of the electors wouldn't vote for the person they were pledged to support in the actual December EC meeting. That person would probably need lifetime police protection. Then imagine what the stock market would be doing if the election was thrown to the House?
@joeedwards4340 Жыл бұрын
*democracy is paralysed* @bjdon99: bUt wHat DoEs ThIs MeAn FoR WaLL sTrEeT??? THaT's tHe BiGgEst ConCeRn
@mancityfan94823 жыл бұрын
Could they not just go to the popular vote?
@metropod7 жыл бұрын
The thing about the electoral college and this system of voting is that the United States Federal Government is exactly that, the government of a federation of states. Legally speaking, the people have no constitutional right to vote for president, the states do and at first, they exercised that right. The first election where all electoral votes were granted by popular vote was 1864, and that was only because South Carolina, the last state to refuse to use popular votes, obviously wasn't participating. In my home of New York, the state legislature selected the electors up to and including 1824.
@Aragon15004 жыл бұрын
James Madison is the closest thing to a final authority we can get on the constitution since he wrote the thing. Each law and amendment should be examined by the rhetoric used to pass it. If we alterted such meanings then redraft a law that suits our modern needs.
@robertjarman37033 жыл бұрын
The 24th amendment of all things suggests that's not very true. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President... ... shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
@GoSlash27 Жыл бұрын
@Aditya Chavarkar This would be equivalent to the EU members electing the EU parliament by popular vote instead of each country having equal say. The entire continent's policies would be dictated by a couple countries and all the policies would benefit only those countries at the expense of the rest. The end result would be 1) The entire continent would suffer 2) The sovereignty of all of the the member States would be obviated and 3) the EU would collapse into war.
@disfordumboo4411 Жыл бұрын
@@GoSlash27 seats in the EU parliament are already distributed based on the population of each member state
@FrostyShadowYT Жыл бұрын
@@GoSlash27 well in EU it works a bit different because formally EU has three different acting presidents (president of European council, president of European commission and president of European Parliament) each one is chosen in a different way. President of European Parliament is chosen from Members of the European Parliament (and those members are elected by all adult citizens of the EU), president of European Council is elected by heads of state of each member country and president of European Commission is chosen by the European Commission and then elected by European Parliament.
@FewVidsJustComments4 жыл бұрын
ssb fans: "how to resolve tie?" *SUDDEN DEATH! GO!*
@alpheusmadsen84853 жыл бұрын
Just the other day I learned about a story where the next King is chosen by throwing the head of the last king out into the crowd -- the person who caught the head was the next King. The term of the king was limited to 1 year.
@lememz2 жыл бұрын
@@alpheusmadsen8485 so you are king for 1 year and then gets beheaded? Does that story by any chance is in france??
@Gabowsk3 жыл бұрын
Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania: WE'RE THE SAVIOURS OF THE LAND
@SimGunther3 жыл бұрын
AKA Software fails us all
@SeverusSinSnape143 жыл бұрын
Correction: “Tho it might be faster, and more fair to just directly elect the President using a ranked ballot” no coin flip required.
@OceanBagel7 жыл бұрын
I know this is an old video, but you didn't include one potentially crucial detail. The House can only choose among the top three Presidential candidates, and the Senate can only choose among the top two Vice Presidential candidates. This means that a third party Vice President has no chance at winning even in your worst-case scenario of a House-elected third party President.
@pauljmorton7 жыл бұрын
Wait what? Does this all mean that even the final popular vote is just advisory? Wtf USA?
@jalenm69207 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's exactly what it means. It's stupid I know
@jesusthroughmary7 жыл бұрын
Where do you live?
@pauljmorton7 жыл бұрын
jesusthroughmary Finland. I've been trying to understand the whole US presidential election process for the past few months.
@truboo42687 жыл бұрын
It's even worse, because only 26 of the states requires their electors to vote as the people want. The other 24 can basically flip off their citizens and cast a vote for who THEY want, not who the PEOPLE want.
@taoliu39497 жыл бұрын
The popular elections are in reality state elections to elect the state's electors to the electoral college. The US as a federation puts real sovereignty in the states, not the people. To be very technical about it, it is the states who decides how their electors are selected. They just happen to all have them decided by popular vote.
@rizzy_ray3 жыл бұрын
This coming to a reality in 2020...
@gemini88miller3 жыл бұрын
well lads, 2020 time.
@ShreyPandya1506 жыл бұрын
After watching this video I saw this playing out in House of Cards and it was just amazing
@chairmanofrussia7 жыл бұрын
Lol i like how alaska was represented by a bear with a tie :p
@py85543 жыл бұрын
This video from 8 years ago now suddenly gains a lot of traction in 2020.....
@MC-ij7yw3 жыл бұрын
This channel: “A tie is unlikely” 2020: “ hold my beer”
@Electoral-kh5vj3 жыл бұрын
This would definitely be a classic 2020 move
@tanyabhaskar28887 жыл бұрын
Australia's voting system is so much easier???
@carsonsmith83627 жыл бұрын
Tanya Bhas even North Koreas voting system is more democratic because your vote counts lol
@tanyabhaskar28887 жыл бұрын
Ahha
@commandoslayer3 жыл бұрын
Why not let the popular vote decide in case of a tie?
@throatychunk3 жыл бұрын
but what if everyone somehow splits in to a tie
@commandoslayer3 жыл бұрын
@@throatychunk There is a far higher probability of a meteorite crashing into the Earth and destroying all life than that to happen.
@Minion-my4xz3 жыл бұрын
Because this isn't an exclusive scenario for a tie, but rather if no candidate receives a majority
@NonisLuck4 жыл бұрын
This feels like glitch hunting, and explaining how to do such glitch.
@americacentral9625 жыл бұрын
0:36 Left top corner there is a creeper head on a house member.
@sylentlight67718 жыл бұрын
I.... I for some reason REALLY want there to be a complete tie, in every way possible. THIS is the only way I see us waking up and realizing that the whole Electoral College idea is well.... Nuts.
@capnstewy552 жыл бұрын
I love how flipping a coin is fairer
@ItsDefeat3 жыл бұрын
yt's recommending me all election related CGP Grey videos rn
@MystyrNile10 жыл бұрын
We have computers and internet. We can formulate a simple algorithm and a website, thereby replacing the electoral college.
@MystyrNile10 жыл бұрын
***** Okay.
@dandyky10 жыл бұрын
...replaced with what? We still have the EC because no one has conceived a better plan to elect the POTUS. Dont say national popular vote. NPV has been shot down numerous times and is obviously a bad idea.
@MystyrNile10 жыл бұрын
dandyky What makes it a bad idea?
@0011peace10 жыл бұрын
Problem is like the speaker said electoral college favors the small states. And, to change the electoral college requires 3/4 of congress and 2/3 of the states. So the smaller states have vested interest in keeping the EC. This means it won't be changed.
@dsmith996410 жыл бұрын
+0011peace +1
@MrBenMcLean10 жыл бұрын
Maybe you should consider the reasoning behind the existing system before discarding it altogether. One would need not only to understand the way the current system works, but also the philosophical debates that created it, which raged long and hard over whether Congress and the federal government should be apportioned by population or geography, and settled on a compromise between the two, balancing out the concerns. The solutions that CGP Grey proposes completely ignore the concerns of the states side, taking a one-sided stance that the populationists were always right without even addressing the states legitimate concerns. The current system surely needs some adjustment, but not necessarily as radical as abolishing the electoral college entirely.
@dandyky10 жыл бұрын
Well done and thank you! The EC is intended to balance the power between the population and the states. Its that simple!
@MrBenMcLean10 жыл бұрын
dandyky Thank you. What irks me about what CGP Grey does here is that he takes the populationist stance not as the conclusion of his argument, but as a premise, unquestioned, without any apparent support. I know it's just a three and a half minute video, but it just seems deceptive to ignore the history of how this whole situation came to be. I think many of his other videos are really great though. :)
@MrBenMcLean6 жыл бұрын
I've become somewhat more suspicious of CGP Grey in the past few years. Now I think he wants places where Democrats live to get more representation not because they have more people (although this is admittedly true) but because they have more Democrats.
@skyryou3 жыл бұрын
great timing youtube
@sagacious033 жыл бұрын
Neat explanation! Thanks for uploading!
@PiratecodyPC9 жыл бұрын
I wish they'd just get rid of the electoral college. We don't need it now that we have the technology to count individual votes.
@dsmith99648 жыл бұрын
Who is we?
@PiratecodyPC8 жыл бұрын
America
@dsmith99648 жыл бұрын
The Pirate Cody You mean those Americans that don't understand that the US is and has always been a federal republic comprised of states? The states are free to pass their own laws within the guidelines of the Constitution. That includes electing the President.
@PiratecodyPC8 жыл бұрын
The states do not control how the president is elected, that is established in the constitution.
@dsmith99648 жыл бұрын
The Pirate Cody ....and the Constitution specifies that the office of the President is to be elected by the states. I don't know where you got your (mis)information.
@jr-bw1lt3 жыл бұрын
I think it should be settled with a boxing game Dead one loses
@alex2005z2 жыл бұрын
I think dead one wins is better
@comment20092 жыл бұрын
To make this even more complicated... Suppose the House has not selected a Speaker by the time the Electoral votes are counted. The House Clerk remains the presiding officer, but not eligible to become acting POTUS. Who does? A: Senate president pro tempore.
@dominoot26523 жыл бұрын
Well this is going to get some views today...
@jackjackson73433 жыл бұрын
Still sorta pissed about the election of 1824 tbh ngl fr fr
@skillful1017 жыл бұрын
it looks like usa gives more priorities to the states than the population(citizens).
@carsonsmith83627 жыл бұрын
ranerk inasa yeah and it sucks because you can win popular vote but not the electoral vote
@DawidKov7 жыл бұрын
Like what just happened.
@carsonsmith83627 жыл бұрын
David Kovalev cgp made a video on how it happens
@DawidKov7 жыл бұрын
Carson Smith Yeah, I've been re-watching those lately, it's crazy how complicated and stupid the electoral college is.
@wyattshelley54837 жыл бұрын
Carson Smith yeah but if you live in a small state like me. It sucks being steamrolled by California or any other state with a large population.
@himssendol65123 жыл бұрын
Wow... few states are right now 49% vs 49%. This videos is amazing.
@michaelroy16313 жыл бұрын
that stinger at the end... gotta love it.
@HFrevive3 жыл бұрын
nancy for president!
@trickmint3 жыл бұрын
who else is being recommended this right now
@seanthebluesheep3 жыл бұрын
Getting this in my recommended feed now. Clearly everyone is feeling super cool and chill about the peaceful transfer of power and nobody trying to interfere with the election
@Krewnn2 жыл бұрын
i love how so much of this channel is just "ok but what about this one in a million exception to all the rules"
@Viper4D3 жыл бұрын
So we'll likely get to see this in practice
@AbsurdExistentialist3 жыл бұрын
Watching this November 4th, 2020
@Kennedy7493 жыл бұрын
This shit hit different in 2020
@maxresdefault_3 жыл бұрын
Not sure I agree
@cenewman0073 жыл бұрын
We're headed there this year.
@wwangyeoh3 жыл бұрын
You came back once every four years for this video.