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Crash Course
Public Opinion: Crash Course Government and Politics
So today, Craig is finally going to start talking about politics. Now up until this point we've specifically been looking at government - that is answering the questions of who, what, and how in relation to policies. But politics is...
Crash Course
How Voters Decide: Crash Course Government and Politics
So today, Craig is going to try to get inside the heads of voters by discussing how voters make decisions. Now obviously, like all decision making, voter decisions are influenced by a multitude of factors, but the three we are going to...
TLDR News
Biden Surges in the Polls Following BLM & COVID But Does it Matter - TLDR News
Biden Surges in the Polls Following BLM & COVID: But Does it Matter?
Financial Times
Why Australian politics is so brutal
The FT's Jamie Smyth says internal party wrangling, the political system and a growing culture of negative campaigning are behind Australia's poisonous politics.
SciShow
How Political Questions Mess with Your Brain
It’s an election year, which means you’ve probably been bombarded with polls asking you questions about candidates and issues. But is information the only thing pollsters are after? Questions are often more than just questions. They can...
TLDR News
Can You Trust Election Polling Data? - TLDR News
If you look at the polls it appears that the Conservatives have a pretty easy route to number 10, with the party outperforming their opposition in essentially all of the polls. However, we wanted to take a moment to question the validity...
TLDR News
Is Farage About to Return to Politics? (and why it'll hurt Sunak)
Farage bowed out of the political sphere after Brexit, but with the Tories looking vulnerable he's apparently eyeing up a return. So in this video we discuss if Farage could be returning to politics & how it could decimate the Conservatives
Curated Video
Top polling guru reveals final 2024 election prediction model – and it couldn’t be any closer
Polling guru Nate Silver has revealed his final prediction model for the 2024 presidential election – and has concluded the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is “literally closer than a coin flip.”In Silver’s model, Harris won...
Curated Video
Sampling Techniques: Methods for Choosing a Representative Sample
This video is a lecture on different types of sampling techniques. The speaker explains the purpose of taking samples and the importance of having a representative sample in order to infer information about the overall population. They...
Crash Course
Congressional Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our congresspeople do the things that they do. We’ll talk about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions - constituency, interest groups, and political...
NPR
Campaign to Fight Election Disinformation
Russian agents interfered in the last major U.S. election in many ways, including planting “disinformation” or false information intended to mislead voters about the voting process. A new state office in California has been established...
Curated Video
Election Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem...
Science360
Science Behind The News: Opinion Polls & Random Sampling
During political elections, news organizations often use public opinion polls to help gauge which candidate is the front runner, and why. University of Michigan's Dr. Vincent Hutchings explains the science of random sampling that...
TLDR News
Is Johnson Politically Un-killable? - TLDR News
Boris Johnson has never looked politically weaker. Marred with scandal, polling at one of its lowest ebbs and heading into a local election with serious issues. However, it seems he's locked himself in Number 10, so is he politically...
TLDR News
Could Bloomberg Become the Nominee Mike's Rise Explained - TLDR News
Michael Bloomberg has experienced an impressive rise in the polls in recent months, with him closing in on Biden. It's looking more and more like he could be the serious moderate competition for Sanders. So in this video, we explain...
Curated Video
Election of 1948: The Underdog
The suspenseful 1948 presidential election exposed the consequences of flawed polls, as Truman's astonishing victory upended expectations and forever changed how pollsters make predictions.
The Guardian
The Limits of Foreign Influence in European Politics
Steve Bannon has been playing an active role in the direction of European populist politics. Journalist Paul Lewis explains the legal limit of that influence. He meets with Bannon to ask his thoughts on the matter and to question whether...
TLDR News
Why Are The Tories (still) Polling So Poorly?
Recent political events, including a controversial immigration bill and several government mistakes during the lockdown, have had an impact on polling numbers. Labour has sustained their lead in many political views, and, although Rishi...
TED Talks
TED: 3 ways to spot a bad statistic | Mona Chalabi
Sometimes it's hard to know what statistics are worthy of trust. But we shouldn't count out stats altogether ... instead, we should learn to look behind them. In this delightful, hilarious talk, data journalist Mona Chalabi shares handy...
Curated Video
Donald Trump: The 45th President of the United States
Exploring Our Nation:
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After beating out 16 candidates in the Republican Primary and securing 304 electoral college votes, Donald John Trump became the...
Donald Trump: The 45th President of the United S
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After beating out 16 candidates in the Republican Primary and securing 304 electoral college votes, Donald John Trump became the...
TLDR News
Who Will Win the EU Parliamentary Elections? - Brexit Explained
Polling is a notoriously difficult thing to get right. People regularly try and fail to predict how the electorate will vote and what it will mean for the elections. However in this video we give it out best shot, teaming up with...
Curated Video
Who will be the next leader of the Conservatives?
Since Rishi Sunak's disastrous trip to the polls, quitting after losing power to Labour for the first time in 14 years, the Conservatives have been locked in a leadership campaign.Six was whittled down to a final four, with Robert...
Rachel's English
Voting Vocabulary
It’s election season in the U.S. and this video gives you all the election vocabulary you need to understand the news and join election-related conversations with your friends and family. Typo in the IPA! This is right → polls [poʊlz] :)...