Instructional Video9:21
Crash Course

Public Opinion: Crash Course Government and Politics

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video7:06
Crash Course

How Voters Decide: Crash Course Government and Politics

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video8:58
TLDR News

Biden Surges in the Polls Following BLM & COVID But Does it Matter - TLDR News

12th - Higher Ed
Biden Surges in the Polls Following BLM & COVID: But Does it Matter?
Instructional Video1:33
Financial Times

Why Australian politics is so brutal

Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video5:49
SciShow

How Political Questions Mess with Your Brain

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:35
TLDR News

Can You Trust Election Polling Data? - TLDR News

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:15
TLDR News

Is Farage About to Return to Politics? (and why it'll hurt Sunak)

12th - Higher Ed
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
Instructional Video1:19
Curated Video

Top polling guru reveals final 2024 election prediction model – and it couldn’t be any closer

9th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video10:07
Curated Video

Sampling Techniques: Methods for Choosing a Representative Sample

Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:40
The Guardian

Political polls are bad for democracy: here's why – Mona Chalabi | Comment is Free

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Most of us have never taken part in a poll about politics, says Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi, but we will happily believe the results and even let them affect how we decide to vote. Subscribe to The
Instructional Video6:05
Crash Course

Congressional Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Podcast3:00
NPR

Campaign to Fight Election Disinformation

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video8:12
Curated Video

Election Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:08
Science360

Science Behind The News: Opinion Polls & Random Sampling

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video7:26
TLDR News

Is Johnson Politically Un-killable? - TLDR News

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:13
TLDR News

Could Bloomberg Become the Nominee Mike's Rise Explained - TLDR News

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:02
Curated Video

Election of 1948: The Underdog

9th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video3:59
The Guardian

The Limits of Foreign Influence in European Politics

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video8:39
TLDR News

Why Are The Tories (still) Polling So Poorly?

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video11:45
TED Talks

TED: 3 ways to spot a bad statistic | Mona Chalabi

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video15:19
Curated Video

Donald Trump: The 45th President of the United States

K - 8th
Exploring Our Nation:

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...
Instructional Video8:38
TLDR News

Who Will Win the EU Parliamentary Elections? - Brexit Explained

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video10:11
Curated Video

Who will be the next leader of the Conservatives?

9th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video14:18
Rachel's English

Voting Vocabulary

6th - Higher Ed
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] :)...