Why a US election in Georgia matters so much

The Georgia runoffs, explained.
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The US 2020 election isn't completely over. That’s because, even though we know Joe Biden will be president, we still don’t know if he’ll have a friendly Congress to work with. Congress’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives, is under Democratic control. But control of the upper chamber, the Senate, is still up in the air, because of two remaining Senate races - and they’re both in the state of Georgia.
The results of those “runoff” elections -- one between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue, the other between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Kelly Loeffler -- will determine whether Biden’s policy agenda will be ambitious or compromised. But runoff elections are actually really rare in the US. And the story of why Georgia uses them in the first place is crucial to understanding the state that will now determine the next several years of American politics.
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Previous headline: Why Biden's presidency hinges on one last election
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[@hec_hdz]

Who's here after both Ossof and Warnock won the senate election?

[@joserueda4179]

Here

[@helloworld7484]

Thank god

[@grimaffiliations3671]

Thank god these races happened in Stacy Abrams’ state

[@rajivmukh]

Literally everyone in current time

[@pevlez]

The runoff is exactly what got Ossof elected, talk about biting back

[@mattpiers4589]

How ironic that a an electoral system designed to limit black candidates helped produce the first black senator in Georgia

[@Robot404_]

Umm no it made it much harder for him to be the first black senator. The system did effectively limit black candidates. The only reason why it doesn't work as well anymore is because white people have become more and more acceptable of voting for black politicians, especially democrats. It still would have been much easier for Warnock to win if he didn't have to win twice. Fortunately, he did.

[@budomk9299]

@@Robot404_ yes, but it also helped the Dems, cuz ossoff would've lost before. Now that it has gone in favor of them, we can get rid of it, hopefully Stacey abrams does

[@Robot404_]

@@budomk9299 Yep! But really what helped the Democrats is because Trump discouraged republicans from going out to vote. Democratic turnout was stronger than republican turnout.

[@allywatkatisirish]

@@budomk9299 Honestly I don’t really mind the runoff system. The racist roots do bother me, but I don’t mind the actual system. I’m from Georgia though, so maybe I’m just used to runoffs. I like that it ensures the candidates with the most support actually win.

[@budomk9299]

@@Robot404_ yeah one good thing to come out of these fraud allegations is that Republican voters didn't want to vote. Two Dem senators is exactly what was needed.

[@mycro2767]

Senate minority leader Mitch McConell.

[@flashstar1234]

Warnock won and Ossoff in the lead. Mitch McConnel is indeed the minority leader haha

[@icon2719]

I am so happy!! The government can finally legislate the policies beneficial for all parties especially the environment since it is the cornerstone for a nation's development!

[@JaydentheMathGuy]

@@icon2719 I totally agree.

[@punnequraq]

Technically Democrats are still the minority because of the 2 independents in the Senate, but they both caucus with the Democrats and one of them is Bernie

[@mycro2767]

@@punnequraq The 2 independent senators are Bernie Sanders and Angus King, who both caucus with the democrats. Chuck Schumer will be majority leader

[@davianwht5203]

Who else is here with a full heart.. knowing mitch is now minority.

[@grimaffiliations3671]

Republicans got double karma from Stacy. The racist run off system and taking the governorship from her through voter suppression both came back to haunt them

[@cryaboutit6670]

@@grimaffiliations3671 True ✌

[@owenpampo4120]

Hahah Schumer is the majority leader now

[@Lyndol19]

@@owenpampo4120 amen!

[@thesenate6598]

And awomen

[@guskrough9056]

in summary: the two party system is broken and nobody wins

[@sigmaballsnetwork]

@Joe Sniffalot 1: a multi-party system means that you have to negotiate to achieve anything, meaning there is less polarization 2: Brexit is a failure, and many people don’t even want it anymore 3: Republicans are the ones fracturing into pro-Trump and anti-Trump factions

[@justingates4985]

That's because it's actually only one party...wealthy elite capitalists...if there is a second party, it is the American people, whom they expressly oppose.

[@guskrough9056]

@@justingates4985 amen

[@jazzoboe44]

@@justingates4985 Yup. Democrats in Washington see more eye-to-eye with republicans in Washington than they do with democrat citizens. And visa versa.

[@danschaeffer150]

George Washington warned about political parties.

[@Ocean_Man]

this political system is honestly so weird

[@tufoinproductions]

For literally no reason. I'm sure the founding fathers didn't think it would end up like this

[@legallyblind619]

Yeah but very interesting, specially when you don't live in the US

[@jugjivan]

Not just weird. It's straight up rigged and practically undemocratic. It's honestly disgraceful that the US calls itself a democratic nation when they have such a rigged 2 party system with gerrymandering and unbalanced senate. The entire system needs to go.

[@mr.darkchocolate1674]

@@jugjivan it's not two party, more like two major parties

[@thebestcentaur]

@@mr.darkchocolate1674 may as well be two party, since no other contemporary party has EVER had a major shot in winning a major election

[@TommyP365]

“Think of me as the grim reaper,” he said, without a shred of self awareness.

[@suntzu3905]

*killing children intesifies*

[@RAFMnBgaming]

I think he is aware, and that's more chilling.

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

Tommy P Delanuit What is your comment supposed to mean?

[@tomcruze8153]

@@suntzu3905 Ah yes says the Party of abortion

[@lukemcaleer6448]

@@tomcruze8153 ah yes, the party of separating conscious children from their parents and forcing them into in-humane conditions.

[@ricecrispyman1582]

Other candidates: Give legitimate reasons as to why you should vote for them. Kelly Leoffler: a 100 pErCENt tRUmP voTInG ReCoRD

[@grimaffiliations3671]

To be honest the other republican just fear mongered in his. Dude was in office for 6 years, made thousands of stock trades and went to 0 town hall meetings

[@ricecrispyman1582]

@@grimaffiliations3671 rip pog

[@kikimi]

Some politicians don't really care for the people. They're just politicking.

[@ThePremiumForges]

You mean the majority?

[@mark3845]

And It's starting to poli-Tick me off.

[@thebestcentaur]

@@mark3845 yes, officer, this comment right here

[@icecreambone]

because we have a system of voter suppression that actively rewards not caring about the people

[@usofrmda206]

Bien Quingking poliTRICKS

[@tmilesffl]

Imagine some day when the people we elect to represent us actually represent the people and not the party.

[@energybeacon4397]

@K B How?

[@stefaniegray]

@@sgill4833 Trump only ever represented himself.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

@K B lol wat

[@jsbFF08]

@@stefaniegray you mean Biden.

[@thesoundsmith]

A true Democracy require the ACTIVE, INFORMED participation of a majority of its citizenry. Americans had no time for all that, needing to fight off the Natives and England, so they took the shortcut, but left some big loopholes.

[@Jam-bh2fp]

Being in Georgia and getting all these ads while I can’t even vote is so annoying

[@stephendonovan9084]

I feel you man, I'm not even in Georgia and I get the ads :P

[@hostatheice-leafwing48]

I live in Georgia too and it is soo annoying.

[@richardnoah2922]

I more concerned that i haven't seen any ads for David Perdue

[@ninimimi_]

we literally cant escape it

[@michaelhiggins3837]

Just vote anyway everyone else does and do it often and multiple times. Heil Biden

[@n124ac9]

Ossoff and Warnock have recently won the last two seats.

[@benjamindare7726]

ossoff not yet i don't think but i sure hope so

[@IrishGuysScarf]

@@benjamindare7726 He's done it now!

[@benjamindare7726]

@@IrishGuysScarf Let's gooooo

[@n124ac9]

@@Samiozd I fixed it for you.

[@tyhandsom8963]

Sadly

[@isra9230]

Imagine voting no to a law because he's at different party from yours not because the law itself

[@americanfreedom8517]

Well they been doing that for over two hundred years

[@achyuthansanal]

@@americanfreedom8517 Well no, skip to 4:49

[@toddr1592]

It's even worse when they vote for something because their party told them to. When Obama introduced Health Care reform, he had promised Universal Health Care while running for the presidency and he had a super majority in both the house and the Senate so he could have done whatever he wanted to do. Instead of Universal Health Care he forced everybody to buy insurance with overpriced premiums that still won't bail you out if you get seriously sick or injured with a financial penalty imposed for failing to buy the terrible insurance. Nobody in the world wanted that health care bill, except of course Insurance company executives and politicians with a financial interest in insurance companies. Even many Democrats were openly upset about it, but every single one voted for it anyway.

[@blancavelasquez9859]

every action is calculated to score political points... remember representatives only work for a year and spend the next year trying to win reelection

[@jamesscott9081]

Kinda like how so many people voted for biden simply because Trump offends them.. People that own guns voted for biden even though he's outright said he's gonna take them. darwinism...

[@leopritzkoleit2317]

I find it incredibly mind boggling that american politician openly admit they stopped doing politcs and therefore their job...

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

*bUt WeRe A rEpUbLic*

[@dantheanimator5072]

Like when Chuck Schumer talked to media after the trump inauguration, he said “my job for the next 4 years? My job will be removing the President from office. Thank you” If that’s not collusion worthy of being fired over, well then hope will be lost

[@YNGSQDelivery]

@@dantheanimator5072 McConnel said the same thing again and again, your right the system needs a change

[@nickwebb9937]

Biden will never be accepted as president

[@FeelTheFrostbyte]

@@nickwebb9937 lol I want whatever drugs you’re having

[@gametron3210]

the more i learn about the american political system, the more it seems as heavily flawed and unrepresentative.

[@chasec143]

were used to it

[@TWPomegranate]

Yep

[@mr.squidward6947]

The thing is that the system actually is a good idea and would work very well but the two parties have entered their own kind of “civil war” and only fight for one side of the spectrum instead of trying to work together like they did say like 30 years ago

[@spidermonkeynuts3851]

@@mr.squidward6947 that’s what happens when you can the president of the United States a racist/white supremacist/ sexist/ xenophobe he tends to not want to work with you

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

In the US you vote for individuals. In other countries you vote for parties. Parties are good for determining national interests, but poor at determining local interests. The issue is that most entertainment, especially those representing the US internationally only see the national interest. The most flawed thing about the US system is voting integrity. However, it does benefit from each state determining how their elections are run. Imagine registering to vote. You don't need to prove you are a US citizen in some states. They mail everyone a ballot. Each voter marks it and returns it with no verification that it is the same person. Then they don't update their voter rolls so there are 150% registered voters to voting age adults in the district.

[@spectacularspaghetti1849]

Biden: Change will be done! Congress: *uno reversecard intensifies*

[@nickvanamburg]

I think the Biden quote you're looking for is "Nothing will fundamentally change"

[@gaelpersonalaccountlol4495]

@@nickvanamburg thanks to the senate lol

[@gmodiscool14]

biden: no guns! biden: we defunded the police! criminals: its free real estate

[@alinarab7043]

Can someone tell me, if the senate has a republican majority, does that mean the Biden literally cannot make any decisions?

[@cranberryjuice3469]

@@alinarab7043 it means the sente can stop a lot of the laws biden will try to pass

[@sabikikasuko6636]

I cannot wrap my head around the fact that a politician can literally say "I will actively go against the president just because I don't agree, and tank every single effort he does" and still retain ANY support… I just don't understand it, it's too much for me to understand.

[@thematthew761]

It didn’t always used tp be this. Unfortunately, the population itself increasingly became more partisan and people willing to compromise were weeded out.

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

Unfortunately in the last decade or so both parties reached a position where they were no longer able to compromise with the other side. It became more about figuring how to get the majority so that you can do anything you want without the other side's approval.

[@evanscarbrough9711]

back in the Regean days the republicans followed a policy of no compromise with the Democrats, who replied by doing the same

[@thematthew761]

@@evanscarbrough9711 Newt Gingrich and then McConnell really accelerated the idea of being a hardliner afterwards. Many Democrats in response, adopted the idea of not compromising.

[@evanscarbrough9711]

@@thematthew761 yeah

[@nikhilforsakenkumawat6231]

What “senate” are these guys talking about? I am the senate.

[@sujiththomas7956]

Not yet...

[@firstoffproductions1462]

A senate from a nation in a world that just entered the information era.

[@MarcussJay]

DO IT.

[@Peanutdenver]

Sheev...aren't you just the senators little brother?

[@bobs5596]

@Who Dat muga buga.

[@beowulfmacbethson9675]

The moment I heard "we don't know who will control the senate" the only thing that went through my mind was: "I am the senate"

[@snapplejak]

Not..yet...

[@matthertler1475]

AGAAAAAAH!!!

[@jlightfoote]

UNLIMITED POWER!

[@matthertler1475]

He must stand trial!

[@pme-ox1ye]

He's too dangerous to be kept alive

[@n124ac9]

Democratic House and Democratic Senate was the correct answer.

[@BigBirdo]

Period

[@dugisgoat8221]

@Connecticut Ball you only won 1😳

[@s0a468]

@@dugisgoat8221 we have both, babe :)

[@dugisgoat8221]

@@s0a468 now you do , our world is going to be horrid now

[@s0a468]

@@dugisgoat8221 cry harder🤣

[@TheClanBlade]

President: I will make changes to this country Congress: Are you sure about that?

[@EgirlPoke]

Trump: *signs executive orders furiously*

[@dimamatat5548]

Uses executive orders.

[@peterhsueh5214]

It said alot about this system

[@lonnykelly8054]

@@EgirlPoke not just Trump. They all do.... let us not pretend. When American citizens vote we are basically voting for what we think is the lesser of 2 evils.

[@hunterbear2421]

to be real i think biden would have less of a tigger finger for war and i think its coming soon so i want it to come to war

[@Pilcrepus]

"If I'm still the majority leader in the Senate think of me as the Grim Reaper. None of that stuff is going to pass." What about instead doing what is right for you, do what's right for your country? As an elected politician in a democracy you'll need to give and take, make compromises and listen to all the parties involved. It's no longer about representing the people of a country, it's about getting your hands on a crown and ruling a kingdom with an iron fist. This two party segregation is working against democracy and is tearing the country apart.

[@jermasus]

Imagine if FDR won the Presidency and couldn't pass any New Deal laws because Hoover didnt like losing

[@Trund27]

@@averyboccella2390 Sorry, but the Republicans have now forfeited any claim to being reasonable or even sane. Look at the last 4 years.

[@altrag]

@@averyboccella2390 He did indeed write it that way, and you are indeed correct in your rebuttal but it leaves one massive problem: A single person (Mitch McConnell) effectively has sole veto power over the entire US government operation. We put checks and balances on the president to prevent him from having that kind of power, yet we've instilled it in the Senate majority leader. Its not a problem of Mitch being unwilling to compromise on anything less than full-on far right racist lunacy. Its about _any_ single person having that much power.

[@bananalover5573]

@@Trund27 that’s what you think. everyone is entitled to their opinion. if democrats lead both houses of congress, the country is doomed.

[@rodochrous]

The democrats forgot that years ago

[@bobbyman410]

"Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell" *I've been waiting to hear that for quite some time*

[@budomk9299]

I will be listening to the opening of Congress so I can hear him be referred to as minority leader

[@nflballer7249]

Did you know that Mitch was the minority leader in 2006 became majority leader in 2015 and now back to minority in 2021 he had all this power calling himself the grim reaper just to get that power stripped from him

[@mike_404]

He’s still the majority leader tho.. I’m not sure what people are saying....

[@bobbyman410]

@@mike_404 Till January 20th. Once Harris is Vice President, McConnell will be minority leader once again

[@mike_404]

@@bobbyman410 But democrats will technically only have 48 seats because 2 are independents. The democrats will likely get the progressive agenda passed because those independents are basically progressives. But republicans still have the “majority”

[@darkchocolate3390]

OMFG We might actually get some progress now!

[@kennethwaggoner2254]

In the wrong direction.

[@calebandrew8473]

Kenneth Waggoner Exactly

[@darkchocolate3390]

@@calebandrew8473 Hahahaha Stimmys go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@TheCrowDoctor]

@@kennethwaggoner2254 You spelt right wrong.

[@kennethwaggoner2254]

@@TheCrowDoctor Nooo, sorry I did not use that word in my response, can you not read? It's ok if you can't.

[@atticusv668]

McConnell: “Think of me as the grim reaper.” We already have, Mitch.

[@r2dxhate]

Mitch is a deep state rino. His wife is a honey trap from China that paid for his rise to power in the late 80's

[@atticusv668]

@@r2dxhate His wife is Taiwanese, not Chinese.

[@r2dxhate]

@@atticusv668 I don't know if you're aware of this, but China refuses to acknowlege Taiwan as an independent country. China plans to conquer them like they did with Hong Kong. His wife is not Taiwanese, she was just born there. Her parents were from mainland China. Her father was friends with the president of China, not the president of Taiwan. All her corrupt ties are with China, not with Taiwan. If I was born in Canada to American parents, and then we all moved to China, would I be Canadian or American? Technically I might be a Canadian citizen, but upbringing will be American because of my parents. Especially if my American parents were friends with the president of the USA. China has been killing our economy with subsidized shipping, and she's behind all of that nonsense.

[@TheZachary86]

@@r2dxhate Conspiracy theory galore. You’re spending too much time with trumpists who have no idea what they’re talking about

[@danschaeffer150]

Pelosi is the same

[@thecentralscrutinizerr]

Whoever said "Crime doesn't pay" has never been a politician.

[@sandyjackson4194]

That's still true, Crime Doesn't Pay! and even with politicians, you will see that!

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

or a good criminal

[@thecentralscrutinizerr]

@@sandyjackson4194 Central Bankers and more importantly Central Bank Owners don't allow their politicians to go to jail. That is what YOU will see.

[@sebas8225]

@@sandyjackson4194 Only if you treat them as thugs and dont compromise, "The rise of colussus" should´ve taught you that already

[@larrywmedford6587]

Especially democrats. Look at our election this year. It has defied every mathematical metric, 12 I believe. And that is statistically impossible, unless there is cheating and fraud.

[@johnxu2001]

Who's here after the Democrats have re-taken the Senate and rioters stormed the Capitol?

[@benroan7097]

Me

[@johnxu2001]

@@benroan7097 Ok

[@leeartlee915]

Can we all take a moment to give IMMENSE thanks to minorities for saving this country from Mitch?

[@LouisIreland]

Wow, I never realized how messed up the American political system was.

[@emilyscloset2648]

then you haven't been paying attention xD

[@Bobo-jd4kx]

Na it’s the liberals the are messed up ngl

[@Jay-is5ef]

@@Bobo-jd4kx I agree. Neo liberalism and neo conservatism is destroying this country

[@enzodimasi8248]

Yes. A broken system is inevitable when a diverse country of 330 million people in the 21st century is governed by an almost entirely-unchanged document written in the 1780s.

[@johnjames5434]

Yep. Pls send help

[@jayho2620]

2 parties canceling each other’s progress good or not, what a joke.

[@hlary8320]

Trumps policy agenda was progress?

[@chrisdelgado4277]

@@hlary8320 yeah

[@TSZatoichi]

Conservatism has never been about progress.

[@beardthebartender7644]

The system was designed to make sure 1 party/ideology didn’t hold complete control. It’s why we have the senate and the house along with the EC

[@hootsifer-darling]

@@beardthebartender7644 the EC is literally just a giant method of voter suppression, there's nothing democratic or good about it

[@n124ac9]

BREAKING NEWS: JON OSSOFF JUST WON THE LAST SEAT AS SENATOR-ELECT OF GEORGIA, BRINGING THE SENATE 50/50.

[@terrylane3669]

So sad, no funding the police, bailout for California, taxes going up, gasoline prices going up, Hunter Biden getting off.

[@terrylane3669]

@@eternalplanet2485 How will he do that. He said that he would not have banned travel from China.

[@distancepeace8542]

@@terrylane3669 That’s not what happened. Biden supported restricting travel. His campaign said this “Joe Biden supports travel bans that are guided by medical experts, advocated by public health officials, and backed by a full strategy,” and “Science supported this ban, therefore he did too.” What he called Xenophobic was not clear but was not connected to the ban and most likely connected to Trump calling the virus the “Chinavirus” which in fact is Xenophobic an caused hate crimes against Asians to increase. And Trump’s ban was horrible. It didn’t ban travel, it only restricted and nearly 40,000 people flew on directs from China to the US for two months after the “ban” took place. That’s not really a “ban” is it? EDIT: Also when he instated the “ban” most of our cases were coming from Europe anyways.

[@distancepeace8542]

@@terrylane3669 Taxes will go up if you make 400,000 dollars or more. And you seriously think that Police won’t be funded? Where are you getting your information from this sounds like conspiracies. Biden doesn’t even support Defunding Police, he’s a moderate Democrat. And the Idea of “Defunding the Police” is the idea of using less money on the militarization of the police and reinvest that money into the community so that it benefits the community, and help reduce crime and putting some of that money into social services so the police wouldn’t have to handle everything. Even if you don’t support this idea, the idea itself isn’t some kind of radical abolishment of the police and this is coming from my understanding as an Independent.

[@terrylane3669]

@@distancepeace8542 Biden said that he would abolish all of President Trumps tax cuts, my taxes went down under President Trump. I pray for America.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

This country owes black people A LOT

[@KhalaWarrior55]

How much do we owe

[@AatiNiiranen]

@@KhalaWarrior55 equal rights in justice, no more racism. Equality in court and no more police racism

[@EveryCrazyDay]

Can we all agree Mitch McConnell has got to go the next opportunity to vote him out. His influence over the senate will forever change it for the worse.

[@Fluufie]

yo we tried that with a high energy progressive candidate. The DNC didn't like that, so they artificially supported amy Mcgrath. hence we still have mcconnell

[@khalilkhan051797]

As a Trump supporter. He needs to go and we majority agree!

[@TacoView]

Pelosi is next

[@Wordsalad69420]

You do realize he won reelection, right? And will probably not run for the next one.

[@Wordsalad69420]

@@Fluufie do you seriously a progressive would have beaten Mcconnell in Kentucky? Mkay. Stop pretending like progressives have mass appeal. Believe it or not, a lot of voters are in the center. That's why Trump lost, but still a lot of Dems lost their Congressional seats.

[@deeb3272]

And I thought the US election itself as a whole is already weird.

[@PerthTowne]

That's a state election.

[@potjnkye86]

US elections are a sham now seeing states can change the Kea any way they deems fit during a pandemic and seeing scotus is too scared of the riots of it rules against one side our system has now failed (5 states used courts and executive orders to change election procedures NOT state legislatures, this goes against the US constitution) and people here in my state of GA will vote simply over skin color not policy, this country as it had been for about 250 years now is through. People are more worried about how they're spoken to than policy, this is now known as personality over policy.

[@Ahmad-yi7me]

@@potjnkye86 Georgia is usually one of them states that we got to move them North if you know what I mean

[@lolno6562]

@@Ahmad-yi7me Your context is a bit flawed considering Democrats are the ones that supported slavery and segregation.

[@lolno6562]

@@jaksongamez I'm really not sure what you mean. If you look at historical context Democrats have supported racism for over 200 years. Jim Crow passed in 1870 which was after the civil war, and was enforced by Southern Democrats such as Woodrow Wilson until 1965. The Republican party was formed as an abolishment party and it's first candidate was Abraham Lincoln.

[@brendaamaya7326]

Georgia I freakin’ love you 💙💙 thank you for saving this country

[@Tyronius_Maximus]

WE WON!!!!!!!

[@Bhuvan_M]

Yup

[@CutieZalbu]

Yasssssss

[@ManuShapopi]

When someone said "The only road to change is to replace everyone" I didn't understand. This makes it clear. It's all about sides and not about change.

[@Drkon6]

Sides are what make change.

[@hopelessent.1700]

@ResistTheRight that’s a problem. No one regulates and change becomes radical...

@@Drkon6 "Sides" cause division, but compassion empathy communication and collaboration make change. When people come together, things get done. Divided we fall. Taking sides over using discernment and logic, has never effected any meaningful or useful change.

[@paulgorrell7361]

Term Limits for everyone.

[@Unnatural09]

My cousin in India told once only way you'll get change now is if you bomb the Senate they have there...I understand him now.

[@pratamaridho6754]

Its seriously like a nightmare dream, when youre about to solve all the problem, but you can't solve the final one. Then, everything you have done, suddenly, gone.

[@pwnage1731]

Yep, it's absolutely frustrating. Polarization has been a useful tool to get voters to turnout, but it ultimately strips those elected from their ability to effectively govern once they're in office.

[@mazzyfart420]

I mean winning both runoffs makes things easier for Dems by taking the floor out of McConnell’s hands, but I still wouldn’t hold my breath on getting any remotely progressive legislation. The best case scenario now is a 51-50 majority in a caucus that still includes Manchin, Tester, Sinema, etc., and I don’t exactly think Schumer has what it takes to make them fall in line considering his own wishy-washy record. Definitely better than the alternative, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up or anything.

[@mazzyfart420]

Marvin Mktavish That’s just what our government has been for decades lol, you see the media theatrics all the time but it’s not like the 2 caucuses actually have trouble working together. The problem is just that what they agree on is gutting labor/finance regulations, dumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the military, blocking single-payer, etc.

[@00bankz24]

Biden isn’t solving a problem jus adding to it

[@firstnameandlastname8130]

Both Osoff and Warnock are leading . Yay

[@Bhuvan_M]

Yay

[@joetober2556]

3:25 “He openly admitted it was racially motivated” You think?

[@richardnoah2922]

I like it how they ignore that in the 60's the Democrats were in charge of the south

[@morgs456]

@@richardnoah2922 yea totally ommitted that old Denmark was a dem didn't they?

[@violetevergarden221]

Everyone who knows history about democrats discrimination towards black people but it doesnt matter in todays times and situations where republicans are more racist

[@richardnoah2922]

@@violetevergarden221 And who tells you who is more racist? The news quite obviously is controlled by the dems, why would they talk about there own racism?

[@yunfeizheng5213]

@@richardnoah2922 Yes Dems are racist, that’s why 90% of black people vote for them

[@johnpaulbounce3708]

Welcome to America, a country that could potentially affect the election of other countries, but has a very messy election system itself.

[@TonyMontana-sj9kh]

This is election was presented by China and its agent Biden. Thanks Bideners for ruining our freedom

[@IronKnight2402]

@@TonyMontana-sj9kh wheres your proof?

[@sixwingedasura3059]

@@IronKnight2402 Oh not this nonsense again. Drop it; you'll never believe a word anyone says to the contrary, and they won't believe a word you say.

[@lotusgaming-clashroyalemor7414]

@@sixwingedasura3059 ...asking for proof of a controversial claim is now...nonsense?

[@sixwingedasura3059]

@@lotusgaming-clashroyalemor7414 It is when whenever someone tries to bring up evidence, it's immediately ignored or dismissed. As I said, no one is going to convince you, and you aren't going to convince anyone who believes there was fraud, so why are you even bothering?

[@bahamabrz]

Our country desperately needs a reliable, verifiable voting system and term limits for all member of Congress.

[@angelantayhua3096]

That doesn’t solve corruption and the Supreme Court decision that donor money and lobbying equals “freedom of speech” in the 90s. As long as super pacs, normal pacs, and private lobbyists exist you can expect nothing to change.

[@preciadoalex123]

@@angelantayhua3096 it's a starting point. Term limits!

[@TSZatoichi]

Term limits come with their own problems. If you think politicos are corrupt now, just wait till they 'only' have 2 to 10 years to grab as much as they can.

[@Rosebakker5242]

In Germany and the Netherlands.We don't have term limits on anything.

[@gabedarrett1301]

Term limits for those in Congress simply won't happen. Guess who needs to draft that legislation? You guessed it: Congress. Why would they vote to restrict their own terms?

[@thepiggery7253]

I was worried when I first saw this video. Now I'm eating popcorn.

[@yankeebomber1527]

“I am the senate” -Emperor palpatine

[@RandomU5erName]

Gridlock will be blamed on Biden even though Mitch said he would do nothing but gridlock the senate

[@blancavelasquez9859]

just like gridlock is always blamed on trump?

[@blancavelasquez9859]

or obama or any president in power...

[@angelantayhua3096]

Blanca Velasquez yes because the President always has to lead the party. When people stand in your way you take them down by any means in your disposal. LBJ knew that and had his Johnson treatment to get things done. Obama didn’t care, Trump didn’t care, and Biden doesn’t care. Americans should know that

[@nankerphelge3880]

F**k Mitch and Joe.

[@mssha1980]

Same happened with Obama.

[@joecaner]

"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls himself the Grim Reaper" I've always thought of him thus...

[@druid139]

Is that a species of turtle?

[@microz0258]

I have always thought of him as the one meeting grim reaper... you know? Dead.

[@druid139]

@@microz0258 Every time a bell rings, a MAGAt: ☆ shrivels it's wings. ☆says lucicrous things. ☆doesn't hear it. Ok that didn't rhyme, I went a bit haiku. Feel free to add your own! Fun for the whole family.

[@microz0258]

@@druid139 lol not enough syllables on every line but nice try!

[@druid139]

@@microz0258 Granted. It was more in the spirit of haiku. It was haiku adjacent.

[@jackf1003]

DEMOCRATS WON!!!!!!!!! This is AMAZING

[@kennethwaggoner2254]

Tell us that in 2 years when you've lost everything.

[@LjuboCupic1912]

@ that’s kinda the thing with American elections though, you never vote for someone because you think you’re gonna get benefits from electing them. You vote for them because “Well, I guess he’s not as bad as the other guy!”

[@nunyvanstta135]

Not it isn’t. Biden and the Dems will be a disaster. You’ll soon see and regret it.

@@nunyvanstta135 yeah like the 50 executive orders signed by Biden in his first two days (I think it was executive orders)

[@nunyvanstta135]

Adrian Pena executive orders that have achieved nothing apart from losing thousands of jobs. Not off to a good start at all 😒

[@Sinevus]

"And that means Biden can pass most of his legislative agenda." Joe Manchin: Are you sure about that?

[@Raspberries9372]

Joe Minchin is in West Virginia. Which West Virginia isn’t a democrat state. He atleast stuck to his principles and put integrity, country over party.

[@wilianrodrigues5280]

People during the presidential election: We are waiting on Nevada People now: We are waiting on Georgia

[@chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062]

Iowa still didn't count all the votes during primary and recently reveal that DNC Establishment involves to the Shadow App that allow Pete to declare himself the winner before half the vote got count.

[@aenetanthony]

@@chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062 Would you mind rewriting that to make it legible?

[@chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062]

@@aenetanthony Oh sorry, I didn't realize it was so hard to understand that DNC Establishment got caught cheating and even lied about the involvement would be so hard to understand. Oh right, Facebook "fact check" it and guess who is the fact checker? A reporter from CNN, that's like having a criminal checking if there is a crime involve.

[@chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062]

Search for "DNC's Election Interference - NEW Revelations! Bernie, Buttigieg, and Iowa. " Fact check is such a joke now, using CNN's reporter to "fact check" on whether DNC Establishment did anything wrong. What's next? Asking politicians to tell people whether they are corrupted and sell out?

[@x-man9473]

@@chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062 could you please give me a link that acknowledges that?

[@yahyaali5779]

Everyone: Finally. The election is over The Senate: Sike

[@benjaminrichards6071]

it does not work like that

[@yahyaali5779]

@@benjaminrichards6071 I know, but if the republicans get the majority of the senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell will not let any of Biden's legislation pass. Soo ...

[@Phelena]

The two house seats that are yet to be called (and likely never will be called at this point):

[@r2dxhate]

psych

[@oceanbreeze1162]

@@yahyaali5779 just like how pelosi and democrats made sure nothing gets passed that trump would like

[@micah_lee]

Those graphs on how the congress parties voted across party lines is sad. It shows how much power political parties have. Not the american people, but huge parties. You can’t vote for who you actually would most agree with anymore. Because both parties are becoming so incredibly extreme in their view points, at least extreme away from the other side, being on the middle ground of these quite diverse issues is not really possible. At least as a voter.

[@darealpapajon]

They dont want to be primaryd

[@dimathatboi6882]

Everyone complains, no one does anything. What does that sound like?

[@zxmegatronxz8472]

@@dimathatboi6882 because you can't do anything. Posting on social media won't work, rioting probably work but it's dangerous. It's just hopeless

[@dimathatboi6882]

@@zxmegatronxz8472 you can run for government and make everyone vote with you by being persuasive.

[@qiuyushi2752]

“Biden’s progressive agenda” Manchin and Sinema: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@missingcodes073 Democrats had no chance at Alabama. NC and ME Democrats should have won tho

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@missingcodes073 he’s running in a state that’s deeply Republican. He only got 39.7% of the vote. Tho he did outperform Biden by 3.1%.

[@EForrest88]

Regardless of the racist origins of implementing the 50% mandate & run-off elections in Georgia - it is fundamentally a far more democratic system than winner takes all, especially in diverse multi-party systems

[@philipalexander2762]

I agree, though having the runoff be an instant runoff would probably be fairer. Like maine.

[@laxiton]

Yeah but nowadays eeeeeverything has got to be about race to the point just more racism grows because people get divided about it

[@philipalexander2762]

@@laxiton I think there is validity in understanding that certain policies were set up with racial motivations. This specific electoral reform was only made when it would disbenefit black people, not in the prior two hundreds years of Georgia's statehood. Other places had proportional and runoff voting and removed them to spite ethnic and political minorities. California has a similar system, but the first round is with other primaries and the 1v1 is on the main election day, so voters don't have to go out of their way to vote on a third day in the winter.

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

Yeah, I'm detecting some hypocrisy from Vox. A while back they remarked, of the current Republican party, that a party that routinely cannot win majorities is going to start turning against democracy. The black blocs are minorities, and as long as their preferred candidate does not get majority support, that candidate should not get in. Aside, isn't this how Joe Biden got the Democrat party nomination for president? Blacks voting as a unified bloc in some primaries for Joe Biden while others spread their support around the other Democrat party candidates?

[@joe1940]

There's nothing racist about this.

[@lindsaylavender9110]

In Maine the candidate needs to get 50% but there’s rank choice voting so there’s no need to have another election.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

That’s what we need!

[@PixelGunZodiac]

Ranked choice voting can still allow the minority to rule,which is the problem. I only support ranked choice voting if popular vote system is adopted instead of the EC.

[@lindsaylavender9110]

@@PixelGunZodiac Yes, rank choice + popular vote would be ideal!

[@jeffhermida4788]

rank choice voting was on the ballot for Mass but got rejected.

[@maryannjefferson593]

Massachusetts just voted against rank choice, sad. When voters don't understand they vote against themselves. sad

[@drillndeckur8788]

Who's here when Ossoff and Warnock won?

[@adamsrankings8860]

Me

[@immigrantgaming420epic]

literally everyone

[@dark_unit2409]

Trump supporters: Joe's polices will ruin America Joe's polices: 4:19

[@uefaii8226]

Right! All good 4 the people but, they love Trump so much that they think everything democrats do is evil😂🤭😂

[@aaronlee6361]

@SkyWade like? 🤨

[@aaronlee6361]

@SkyWade Secondly, BLM and antifa have a very small amount of domestic terrorists compared to the other side. Maybe we're pretty peaceful after all. My identity is not a political ideology. I'd prefer it not to be, actually. But it seems Trump supporters insist that it will be.

[@The_Poro_King]

Hi bruhfiy Soldier

[@prestongarvey4396]

Taxing the rich more than everyone else is actually a bad idea. Most of the rich own companies. Taxing them more means they will raise prices on their products. Combine that with the fact that many democrat policies (Ex: Universal Healthcare) will raise taxes, and you, not just the rich, will end up having less money. Even if the minimum wage is raised to $15 an hour, taxes will still be raised to balance that out.

[@IDontGravity]

You wouldn't believe the amount of ads and political mail we're getting in GA. I haven't gotten a normal youtube ad since November.

[@euanvanstraaten4971]

Vote ossof tho 😊😏

[@quasarjones218]

I bet. This election is more important than the presidential now that Biden won. Either Mitch blocks literally everyone and Biden gets absolutely nothing done, or he can try to make changed he believes will help America. Either we get the stimulus we need for as long as necessary, or we get nothing.

[@davidmarin1010]

@@euanvanstraaten4971 vote Purdue :)

[@duncansiror5033]

@@davidmarin1010 no, what has he done for you?

[@iabuseartemis]

@@davidmarin1010 Entire family voted blue :^)

[@MortyMortyMorty]

And today on the 9421489214th episode of "Why the US political system is terrible".

[@justingates4985]

You're still watching...the Reader's Digest version just says it's business as usual on Capitalist Hill...the rich get richer and the poor get poorer...welcome to the US.

[@thrawn7600]

Capitalism is one of the worst things ever.

[@akhilesh368]

Imagine one of your famous quotes being “think of me as the Grim Reaper.”

[@magiccitymelkite6161]

It's almost as funny as "you know, you know the thing!?"

[@jordenedits585]

@@magiccitymelkite6161 That’s also almost funny as “I would marry my daughter if she wasn’t my daughter.”

[@walterzamalis4846]

In such ethereal irony we discover that a voting system used to disenfranchise African Americans in the state has now led to Georgia’s first black senator.

[@charliesilver4536]

God bless America

[@grimaffiliations3671]

He would have won in the old way too, the run off just made him do it again

[@bbbbdogggg6887]

Hi🙂

[@biohazard0482]

@Roland Fraser *Ferb, I know what we are going to do today!*

[@Sinaeb]

@Roland Fraser Instead politicians are getting tortured by russian spies

[@jordicabreja3345]

@Roland Fraser It would be a national celebration and tradition! I would love to participate, sign me up.

[@tyler-hp7oq]

It's not childish just common sense. If a Republican actually agreed to something a Democratic president wants then he probably wouldn't be Republican. The same can be said vice versa. Republicans and Democrats have just become far too different for our way of government to work well.

[@nuiffense]

yea , and thats exactly why i find it so funny

[@creator_ant]

It's sad to think that it takes a senate runoff race to determine which issues are resolved in this country; rather than the two parties negotiating these things together. I get that we have differing ideologies, but they shouldn't be a roadblock for discussion. These are fully-grown adults. Ridiculous.

[@buntafujiwara7698]

If i could agree with a random chill republican conservative as a liberal democrat as a *14 year old* *on youtube* then these “wise” old people can do that cant they

[@caliph20]

People, vote in people. The people dont want compromise. So there is no compromise. Republican and Democrat voters punish those that they see as too willing to do deals with the other side.

[@omgitsbees]

Absolutely no one, not democrat, not republican, should want Mitch McConnell in control of the Senate. If you want Congress to do absolutely nothing for you, then vote Republican.

[@eddyrodriguez3865]

“Do nothing democrats” *republicans reject every bill democrats try to pass*

[@Evili555]

I mean tbh, I’d rather have the government do nothing than destroy the country

[@shutup4211]

andddd the democrat gets senate majority.......THIS IS SO GREAAAT....

[@warlordhuo4647]

They don't. Republicans have 50, dems have 48, 3rd parties have 2. Vox is wrong.

[@LNKSonYOUTUBE]

@@warlordhuo4647 bruh... the two independents caucus with the Dems

[@nakenmil]

The two party system is so terrible, lol.

[@cocopepe9234]

I agree. We should get rid of parties and let people pick based on policies.

[@willywonka7831]

no lol

[@amser7]

@@willywonka7831 why not ?

[@declaniii6324]

@@cocopepe9234 I don’t know a model that would make that work. Likeminded people always just work together to get their policies in place. Is there some model/voting method to avoid them that I don’t know about or something? Or are you just saying that an ideal democracy wouldn’t have them?

[@herbsewell4995]

I strongly disagree, as does every Real American. Look at how close our elections are compared with other countries who are either majority left, or majority right. The problem here is toxicity and division. Mainly the right wings refusal to work with the left on anything. Yeah the left do it too, but people like Trump and Mitch McConnell have taken it too far and the GOP have given them a platform to run on and enabled them to push their party over the edge. Anyways, the founder's created it this way so that we would never lean too far to the left or right. We just need to get rid of the hate and division is all.

[@jaredkennedy6576]

Man I am so sick of this back and forth partisan bickering. It's so childish, so pointless, and only serves to hurt the people who are supposed to be represented in government. I can understand not wanting to align with a party, I don't want to align with either, but just because someone sits on the other side of a theoretical line does not make everything they are for bad. Sadly these clown keep getting reelected, because people just don't take the time to educate themselves.

[@steponacracker3865]

The Democrats have gone so far left, and reject anything and everything that does not align with their ideals! There is no reasoning with them, there is never compromise! We need term limits in congress, no one should be there as long as these clowns have been!

[@Space_Ghost_Hunter]

It's all just a game to deceive you, none of them care about any of us.

[@ahhhwae5403]

But it's already systematic. You can't stop it with just saying "I'm so sick of it"

[@mattleon1128]

It’s not education that’s needed , it’s de programming

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Part and parcel of democracy.

[@RedJet-bq6fq]

Proud of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock for pulling off this stunning win

[@robertojr4396]

Well we did it my Georgia people did it we pulled through for the blue 💙💙

[@nunyvanstta135]

And you’ll soon regret it 😴

[@Exodius101]

@@nunyvanstta135 I dont regret so far buddy

[@s4gr_n0s3y]

@@Exodius101 we literally had the large COVID stimulus bill passed, I don’t regret it either

[@ayanverma5746]

*Georgians* :- We need better election system *Groover* :- let me help you

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Rank Choice Voting: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@iDunnoMC]

@Souven Tudu this isnt instant runoff voting, as this is just FPTP with extra steps

[@brettlarch8050]

I can’t stress enough how the Georgia election will be historic.

[@ricardocabeza6006]

It won’t be... when 2020 is covered in text books of the future. The Georgia election might get one sentence, at most.

[@speedupbalkan372]

@@ricardocabeza6006 2020 elections will be in books only if Trump magically get reelected

[@brettlarch8050]

@@ricardocabeza6006 Ser pesimista no es buena para la alma.

[@timothylumala1494]

@@speedupbalkan372 That ain’t gonna happen

[@speedupbalkan372]

@@timothylumala1494 Chance are small. But remember MSM saying Trump can't win in 2016 and he won?

[@Malbeefance]

"Democracy is a cruel joke at best. It gives the masses the illusion of power when they should know better." - Daniel Manherz. Although, I think he was quoting or paraphrasing someone else when he said this.

[@trashbandit2449]

That's why we have a republic

[@celestisastarte7863]

@@trashbandit2449 A Republic is a form of a democracy

[@trashbandit2449]

@@celestisastarte7863 never mind, it being democratic is more relevant to this video. You are correct

[@ggt-gk8rn]

@@trashbandit2449 A "republic" yes, is it failing yes.

[@trashbandit2449]

@@ggt-gk8rn it is failing because socialism has introduced. Our "republic" has been less and less of a republic for decades.

[@TheactressCJ]

We did it!!!

[@leplumber3246]

Imagine living in a country in which politicians are in a two party system and are too stubborn to vote for anything proposed by the other party. This seems more like something preschoolers would do, rather that people that should have the populations best interests in mind.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Lol imagine thinking Biden won the vote. In terms of legal votes. Trump won by a LOT! You saw it happen.

[@engineeringmasters3953]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 yeah okay kiddo

[@jacobclements3652]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 I mean your wrong Biden massively won the popular vote

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@jacobclements3652 Biden did win the popular vote. It's just millions of Biden votes were illegal. Dozens of dead people voted.

[@joaoluis5901]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 You can make a film of that. The Walking Voters, 2020 edition. But you have to imagine the plot and all of the other things, cause i saw 59 lawsuits, none win by Trump, and even the Supreme one was dismissed, and remember, it is controlled by Republicans, so you and your friends have good imagination. You could win a award in fairy tale writing. I mean, for the sake of USA, you all should stop and unite to handle the crisis better.

[@steveodeluxe]

Bring in a third-party. Stop offering ‘free’ anything. Set term limits. Stop making politicians celebrities.

[@asdfasdf7199]

also stop electing 95 year olds with dementia.

[@joe-di6zf]

independants are a third party.... number of parties does not matter when you have so many uneducated voters. if everyone was politically aware during voting season we wouldnt be in this mess in the first place

[@MTNcorps]

We live in a world of givers and takers. When the government has the power to put you in the position of being a taker you are no longer consenting their authority. What you’re left with is tyranny. People will have to transcend partisanship and realign themselves with being American. A tough sell when half the country loathes America rather than the candidates they’re forced to vote for.

[@alisalehi5528]

@@asdfasdf7199 yeah there should ve a law like no over 60 yrs old to politics

[@bobmcbobbob1815]

Changing the voting system to something other than first past the post. It is the only way to change this

[@danielchesmore]

Not discussed in this video, but Latinx Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Americans are also turning out in large numbers. This is thanks to Stacey Abrams and other major organizers like Andrew Yang.

[@richardnoah2922]

I thought y'all were gonna talk about how Biden can be disqualified as president. Also get me out of Georgia

[@alphanox8326]

4:50 This graph looks like 2 viruses having a battle

[@angelblue7779]

🤔

[@hous4493]

mitosis

[@johnspinelli9396]

I love how McConnell admits he's the grim reeper 😂

[@cpsclan2447]

Lol He’s the biggest democrat to ever be in the Republican Party besides Bush

[@energybeacon4397]

@@cpsclan2447 I can't believe someone just accused him of being a Dem.

[@spongehub8246]

@@cpsclan2447 ah yes, a Democrat that won't let a single democratic law pass

[@lau6438]

Ya'll can take him. We dont like him much. He probably also commited voter fraud, idk, look into it.

[@johnspinelli9396]

@@energybeacon4397 I would call him a RINO not a Democrat

[@paulusjosef]

1 week later, Georgia has won 2 of its Senate seats.

[@lorenzjudeceloso2444]

Here proudly to say the term "Minority Leader" Mitch McConnell

[@mike_404]

But he’s still gonna be the majority leader

[@benjamindare7726]

@@mike_404 how dems will have majority?

[@mike_404]

@@benjamindare7726 Not exactly. 50 republicans, 48 democrats, 2 independents. Since the independents are left-leaning, the progressive agendas will likely be passed if Kamala gets the tie-breaking vote. But since there’s technically more republicans then Mitch will still have the title of majority leader despite not having the actual power

[@benjamindare7726]

@@mike_404 fair enough

[@iammarwa]

We shall know on Jan 6th

[@Strangethinkbox]

Trump will triumph

[@a_reptiledysfunction5267]

@It's a me Mario humble as ever

[@zaradoyle2302]

@It's a me Mario YOU ARE DELUSIONAL IF YOU THINK JOE IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT. LOL

[@zaradoyle2302]

@It's a me Mario TRUMP IS THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER!!

[@zaradoyle2302]

@Money Moves wow.... you obviously know nothing and only listen to CNN. Go back to sleep!

[@stanyoung3671]

The fact that the two parties won't be able to work together is most concerning. People nowadays are too extreme.

[@The_Black_Falchion]

@@sohrabpourjavady2332 It isn’t just republicans that get millions from large corporations to do what they want. It’s all of them

[@Digger-Nick]

@@sohrabpourjavady2332 Yeah, Biden shutting down the coal and oil industry as well as forcing people to close their businesses while democrat leaders don't even follow their own orders sure is focusing on labor and everyday Americans! LOL You're so indoctrinated. Get off the plantation

[@annatorey7236]

Biden said he'd work together with republicans, so I'm sure he would manage to get along with them.

[@lolno6562]

@@sohrabpourjavady2332 That's actually hilarious considering how much money Mark Zuckerberg just spent on ads for Democratic candidates, close to 2 billion if I'm not mistaken.

[@szuperrosszarcu]

active measures

[@theretarbconsultant5469]

Warnock beats Leffler, even when the system is rigged on him: **laughs in Democrat**

[@aidanmcbain6037]

No party should control the house, senate, and presidency.

[@connorgibes709]

Since there's so much division between the parties, you're basically saying "no more legislation should be passed"

[@ddddirge]

Yeah, it shouldn't be... But the parties are too divided that even to pass new legislation you need to control all three... I mean, nowadays opposition are probably seen as an obstruction and not as force of balance/compromise...

[@aerolchristopherinfante]

US politics is so messed up. Having a presidency without passing laws that are actually useful.

[@OrdiNance85]

Thats literally the point of American government...

[@buntafujiwara7698]

@@OrdiNance85 they took checks and balances too far

[@thematthew761]

The whole point of the presidency was that they wouldn’t have enough power to rule the country based on one person. Which is great. Unfortunately, when people are acting too stubborn to work together in Congress, it creates a gridlock.

[@HandlesSuck123]

Mitch McConnell needs to go.

[@TrainGuru]

Couldn't agree more...

[@smh1387]

Same with Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi who have been there for almost 50 years...term limits now.

[@collectnsell]

@@smh1387says something about a conservative. ---> conservative replies: "liberals also..."

[@smh1387]

@@collectnsell huh?

[@lanuiiohu]

Look at Your China Hunter, another Dem loser

[@leo-re9bw]

From an european prospective it is wierd the fact that the runoff system, that it is considered more democratic and less corrupt then the standard single post system, could be twisted in such a way

[@PROPHETESSIAM]

This isn't Bidden presidentcy, it's about the people getting real help from government. No more road blocks. Enough is enough, by Sentor Mitch McConnell.Changes from the crim reaper. You have shown ignorance to your duty.

[@2019inuyasha]

once any side is able to pass bills. then they can finally send themselves some stimulus, or bailout money. all in favor of given yourselves raises...eye...all opposed.chirp..chirp..chirp..LOL

[@leaveitorsinkit242]

I love how Mitch McConnel openly admits he's not politicking.

[@riptyurass302]

Bruh Nancy Pelosi also does it

[@benj.4993]

His interests are making money off China.

[@shiny_teddiursa]

@@riptyurass302 but are we talking about nancy? how is she relevant in a situation where mcconnell literally says he’ll stop doing his job like a child because another party is in power. stop deflecting the spotlight.

[@Digger-Nick]

@@shiny_teddiursa Because Pelosi does the EXACT same thing. You're projecting

[@86trees]

@@benj.4993 I think you mean sleepy joe and company

[@isaacwestling1141]

To be honest, this just proves that a two/one party system fails. We need more parties in the house and senate.

[@jr8260]

And ranked choice voting

[@manoman0]

It's a two party/one system-system.

[@meabob]

No, we need no party systems. Our government should be one notch from anarchy.

[@manoman0]

@@meabob I'd love that idea but it's not realistic.

[@thoryan3057]

@@manoman0 No, no. He's got a point.

[@damonledford3940]

Kinda funny how a black man now won the runoff. Way to go Geogia!

[@AOsman1]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

[@noobatnothing]

i’m canadian and have been following these elections closely. always love how vox explains everything so perfectly. this video was amazing, wishing the best as always.

[@vegansmoothie7500]

Most of these comments aren’t even from Americans.

[@wontbefooledagain9400]

Why do you say that?

[@vindenap6987]

@@wontbefooledagain9400 because he has a brain which is sad people like you don't that can't realize that VERY obvious fact

[@vegansmoothie7500]

How convenient...

[@inkdew5620]

Like you a who's from a rotten filth garbage can

[@howardalexander6785]

Sad right

[@matthewlee6967]

if only joe manchin and sinema would grow a spine, then Biden could actually use that majority

[@christiangal2124]

US don't let Republican senator take control of the government they do more harm then good to society

[@nabii5951]

More often than not, I get the sense that Kelly Loeffler is trying to parody her own voters. (Particularly with the hat.)

[@tyrehester5550]

She is a real person. She grew up on a farm. Going to 4-H and showing cattle. She went to college and became very successful on her own. She wore hats and jeans growing up, So it is just normal for her. She's not Nancy - eating gourmet ice cream out of her $43,000 refrigerator... Nancy MARRIED money. She's never run a business on her own.

[@amrdossaji]

@@tyrehester5550 Loeffler has been known to be uneducated and selfish. Look at the stocks and her scandals. She only wants money.....she is going to lose

[@kagez6515]

we will now go to the comments to read the opinions and takes of the political experts.

[@doublea1671]

This one got me good.

[@dsadunnodudeish4535]

No we will just listen to vox the political experts

[@cityuser]

You don't need an expert to see that it's OBVIOUS what should've happened.

[@doublea1671]

@@cityuser what’s obvious?

[@randomname1579]

Get this to top comment

[@galloneye64]

Why can't we have a Royal Rumble or a Tournament to decide the presidency?

[@Blizz247]

Tournament of Power

[@galloneye64]

@@Blizz247 Good Name

[@alazad816]

@@galloneye64 London on I Stephenson the Mauritius Ofcom msm and night night my in the other hand the Mauritius Ofcom msm is that the other hand

[@galloneye64]

@@alazad816 and that has to do with what I said how?

[@morgs456]

Tyson and foreman back trump so yea let's do that

[@michaelmanchiraju6328]

This video forgot to mention two very important factors: Manchin/ Sinema and the filibuster.