This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States.

Election Basics: Crash Course Government #36 Crash Course Government and Politics

Premiered October 23, 2015
Election Basics: Crash Course Government #36

This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. 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 particularly plausible. So to deal with this complexity, we vote for people, not policies, that represent our best interests.

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Crash Course Government and Politics

Welcome to school without the classroom! Host Craig Benzine takes you through a tour of US government and politics.

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