How Swing States Control The US Elections

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  • @gabrielwang4321
    @gabrielwang4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Texas hasn’t switched in so long and it’s surprising that it’s now slowly starting to be considered a swing state

    • @argus4650
      @argus4650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *Cough* immi *cough* gration

    • @WeatherManToBe
      @WeatherManToBe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@argus4650 actually, it's more correlated with increase education in Texas now a days. It's the silicon valley outside of Cali.

    • @gabrielwang4321
      @gabrielwang4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@argus4650 there’s a case for that, but in fact there’s been a decrease in foreign immigration to Texas from MX for the past couple of yrs if that’s what you are referring to. It’s more due to the effect of national migration of US citizens relocating to Texas for jobs, land, etc. it’s just crazy how it is edging Texas to be a swing state.

    • @argus4650
      @argus4650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WeatherManToBe I assume that's a part of it but I think we've all seen how the border districts vote.

    • @argus4650
      @argus4650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@gabrielwang4321
      Oh dammit I don't want to see the lone star state become another California. What'll be next Tennessee or Florida.

  • @jabes3615
    @jabes3615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Imagine living in a safe state where the party that's dominant is not your party.

    • @legojake7730
      @legojake7730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      man that must suck
      source: me

    • @curranfrank2854
      @curranfrank2854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wisconsin's technically a flip state but the state legislature is so gerrymandered that Republicans hold over 60% of the seats despite getting less than half the votes. yaay. . .

    • @matthewscott9432
      @matthewscott9432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maryland Republican here I can confirm that it sucks although we have a republican governor which is nice

    • @rosenberry9150
      @rosenberry9150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@matthewscott9432 the weird thing about Maryland Republicans, MOST of them are MODERATES. Like Logan Hogan or Larry Harry (R), Governor of Maryland. Compared to Midwest or Southern Republicans, Northeastern Republicans are definitely moderates, which is kinda shocking because west coast republicans aren't as moderate even though Northeastern Republicans are located mostly on Safe Blue States just like the West Coast Republicans.

    • @stevenplayzzz172
      @stevenplayzzz172 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewscott9432 not anymore

  • @nsrivatsa5167
    @nsrivatsa5167 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Whos here after Ohio, Iowa, Florida, Virginia and Colorado arent swing states anymore

  • @AL3X2011
    @AL3X2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Woah mama this system is broken.

    • @siononalundula1699
      @siononalundula1699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Coach Dusky -A runoff system or an instant-runoff system for Presidential Elections.
      -Elections held on Saturdays, not Tuesdays.
      -Election Day is a National Holiday, so people don’t have to choose between work to provide for their families and exercising their right to vote.
      -Proportional Representation or half-proportional/half-constituency representation in Congress.
      -Ranked-Choice Voting for constituencies.
      -Ranked-Choice Voting or runoff elections for the senate.
      -Grant statehood to Territories that want to become states.
      -If we MUST keep the Electoral College then get rid of winner-take-all. The candidates get a number of electoral votes in a state that is proportional to the percentage of the popular vote that they got in said state.
      -Give Puerto Rico at least 2 Electoral Votes.
      Guam, Northern Marianas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa at least 1 Electoral Vote Each.
      -Grant D.C Statehood if that’s what its people want. If not, then exempt them from paying Federal Income Tax, because that’s Taxation Without Representation.
      -Allow the Representatives from the Territories to have a vote in the House.
      -Grant the People of American Samoa 🇦🇸 U.S. Citizenship, because they don’t have it for literally no reason.
      There’s so much that can be done to make this system better and fairer.
      The people in power just won’t do it because they benefit from the system being broken.

    • @rosenberry9150
      @rosenberry9150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@siononalundula1699 Best Comment Ever (BCE) of March 2022 (even though its published a year ago)

    • @Haaaaaaaaarper
      @Haaaaaaaaarper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@siononalundula1699 very good comment

  • @ethanburrell5661
    @ethanburrell5661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    New York will never switch wtf

  • @ilect1690
    @ilect1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    DC is truely blue, voted democrat every election since it got the 3 votes

  • @ryanferensic7884
    @ryanferensic7884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Texas last time it went Blue was in 1976 for Carter, I guess this video was talking about margin of errors

    • @rosenberry9150
      @rosenberry9150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nope, its just talking about how close the margin is in Texas, that's the only thing that makes Texas labeled as a 'Swing State'

  • @eliasemanueloliveiradasilv8020
    @eliasemanueloliveiradasilv8020 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    in Brazil our swing state which is Minas Gerais. since 1950, whoever wins the elections there also wins in the country. amazonas, rio de janeiro and rio grande do sul were also considered swing states, but recently the last two have moved a lot to the right, like florida.

  • @James-jh2ec
    @James-jh2ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nice video. Now I can understand how the system works in USA 🇺🇸. I live in EU 🇪🇺.

    • @w925gaming6
      @w925gaming6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Waffle17 it can happen in the UK too as our system is on one seat per constituency though I guess its more balanced than the US's way of doing things.

  • @contract_to_kill
    @contract_to_kill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Imagine watching a video like this and then still defending the electoral college

  • @ReneAlanisJr
    @ReneAlanisJr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    As a Texan, I love seeing us listed as a swing state

    • @Ihategobblegum
      @Ihategobblegum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We been a red state since 1980 so this is cap

    • @roxylius7550
      @roxylius7550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      By definition of swing state as they described in the video, then yes Texas has turned into swing state.

    • @nathanrakhman7176
      @nathanrakhman7176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Coach Dusky For this election, yes it will go red. But I'm worried that more and more liberals are moving into these red states, infesting it with their liberal ideals. They run away from places like Cali only to vote for the same Democratic policies in red states like Arizona, Texas, and Florida. I fear that the next election and on Texas going red won't be so easy...

    • @lawrencepascasio2076
      @lawrencepascasio2076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Coach Dusky Let Texas voters choose it's fate, Texans are Texans and telling Texans that their not Texans because they vote for Dems is just very ignorant

    • @HurricaneJahya
      @HurricaneJahya 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coach Dusky Trump barely, I mean barely squeaked out Texas.

  • @sirdominic7209
    @sirdominic7209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fs in the chat for Nebraska and Maine in the thumbnail.

  • @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842
    @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    me : wait it's a game all along?
    us gov : always has been

  • @therkelleher
    @therkelleher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'll never understand why the USA uses an electoral college to vote for a president. They represent the whole country, so the person who the whole country votes for, should win.

    • @numbuh98
      @numbuh98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's hard to understand? State A doesn't represent State B and State B doesn't represent State C. Most populated state doesn't represent the less populated state. It's for that reason the electoral vote is use in the US.

    • @therkelleher
      @therkelleher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Arc Red So you're saying because you're born in the countryside your vote is more important than theirs?

    • @therkelleher
      @therkelleher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@numbuh98 That's exactly the point I am making, the president is meant to represent all states, which means all states should have equal voting representation. The only way to do this is by using popular vote. People vote, not land. I live in a country which has states but when we vote for our president we dont give disproportionate representation to certain states. Its whoever's gets the most votes in the whole country.

    • @jeremiahduran7238
      @jeremiahduran7238 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ronan Kelleher the US is not a democracy bro.

    • @therkelleher
      @therkelleher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Arc Red Maybe that's the reason the USA is so divided. If you voted using the popular vote they wouldn't be trying to pander to one side of your population. They would have to be fair and equal to both sides.

  • @andrepoiy1199
    @andrepoiy1199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    California is so blue though

    • @ToothlesstheNightFury510
      @ToothlesstheNightFury510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      eh yeah it’s mostly blue but there’s tons of red counties more in the valley area where the food is grown but there’s definitely the quiet ones in the cities I’m in Bay Area and like 99% of ppl speaking out are for Biden

    • @abhigyanbg5764
      @abhigyanbg5764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, because conservative policy does not necessarily favour tech employees and artists. Moreover, California's industries are heavily dependent on immigration.

    • @iqmikal
      @iqmikal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's blue, but I think Ronald Reagan won it if I am not mistaken. So it can swing even if rarely.

    • @joaquinjr2570
      @joaquinjr2570 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ToothlesstheNightFury510 yeah because the people in the Bay Area view Biden as a republicans

    • @kovnqwer
      @kovnqwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rip

  • @SaadAliArts
    @SaadAliArts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After 2020 census reappointment
    Florida will be a very import State having 31 electoral votes

  • @bradleymaravalli2851
    @bradleymaravalli2851 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The easiest proposal is to change how electoral points are calculated is on a state-by-state basis. Look at Maine and Nebraska, where the points are calculated based on Congressional districts.

  • @taylorl1214
    @taylorl1214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Won’t the electoral map be redrawn again this year?

  • @mohammadshahidhusaini2464
    @mohammadshahidhusaini2464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:37 I find it strange when someone say TEXAS as a swing state...last time it was democratic was back in 1992.

  • @Jandipark424
    @Jandipark424 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3 years and half did a lot to JOE BIDEN . GOD bless him! he was so great. I hope he can finally spend his full time with his family and friends without stress and fights.

  • @vonzer61
    @vonzer61 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video, nice work!

  • @kindnessfirst9670
    @kindnessfirst9670 ปีที่แล้ว

    New York and Massechussetts have consistently voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate the last 4 decades. How does that make them swing states???

  • @ryanferensic7884
    @ryanferensic7884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nebraska state wide if you take out just winning districts has been a solid Red State for over 40 years, last Democrat to win Nebraska was LBJ in 1964, yeah Obama won a district but LBJ was the last Democrat to win it as a whole and the last time Minnesota went Red was 1972 it should be Blue on the begging map as well

  • @angelodjapa2600
    @angelodjapa2600 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this is very interesting.

  • @ThatBoyMichael1
    @ThatBoyMichael1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TEXAS FOR BIDEN!! I mean both parties suck rn but it’s better than racist trump. Here comes the trump supporters 🤣

    • @tonydent6315
      @tonydent6315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/dwoN-FvVEsA/w-d-xo.html&feature=emb_title

  • @tanishrajbhansali3544
    @tanishrajbhansali3544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chaurangi stop kaunsi hain??🤣🤣🤣

  • @Bob_Ugee
    @Bob_Ugee ปีที่แล้ว

    The last line though

  • @HonorViego
    @HonorViego 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    TRUMP
    2020

  • @kaustubhmaydeo722
    @kaustubhmaydeo722 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    POV: u came here after u saw Texas as a swing state

  • @escapegrl1
    @escapegrl1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MI for Trump!

  • @andyjackson115
    @andyjackson115 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1820 Electoral College > Present Electoral College

  • @ms.diva0726
    @ms.diva0726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Come on Texas

    • @jackimoon8284
      @jackimoon8284 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      COME ON YALLL!!💪🔥

    • @southerncyborg5387
      @southerncyborg5387 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackimoon8284 Texas is redder than a stop sign

    • @gabrielwang4321
      @gabrielwang4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@southerncyborg5387 I don’t know what purple stop sign you are looking at; but here in Texas stop signs are red.

    • @jackimoon8284
      @jackimoon8284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@southerncyborg5387 LOVE that you have blue stop signs where you’re from! I’m jealous 👏

    • @southerncyborg5387
      @southerncyborg5387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bookmarking this. See you November 3rd

  • @lorenzjudeceloso2444
    @lorenzjudeceloso2444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pennsylvania will be the Tipping Point State of 2020

    • @southerncyborg5387
      @southerncyborg5387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not really. Trump can lose PA and still win is he gets one rust belt state

    • @strawberryinthetropics
      @strawberryinthetropics 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      guess who was right

    • @lorenzjudeceloso2444
      @lorenzjudeceloso2444 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@strawberryinthetropics yaaa.. pretty much nailed it

  • @ryanferensic7884
    @ryanferensic7884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s true at the end in reality no Truly Red or Blue State every state has went Red at least once or more and every state has went blue once or more times in History

    • @sigmaballsnetwork
      @sigmaballsnetwork 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DC has never gone red.

    • @insanity_mordor
      @insanity_mordor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sigmaballsnetwork Not a state

    • @at-qh6em
      @at-qh6em 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@insanity_mordormore important than some

  • @johnlecraw6065
    @johnlecraw6065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dont think Minnesota is a swing state tho

    • @bendsomemetal
      @bendsomemetal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trump almost won it in 2016

    • @johnlecraw6065
      @johnlecraw6065 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bendsomemetal ohh yeahh youre right😅 all I knew was theyve been blue since like 1976. I didnt know it was close in 2016

    • @bendsomemetal
      @bendsomemetal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnlecraw6065 Yeah. It was the only state that did not vote for Reagan in his 1984 landslide victory

    • @dompedroii4656
      @dompedroii4656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the reality Minnesota is not so blue as you think, in 2016 Hillary won the state with 46% of the votes and trump stay with 45% and the other 4% is for independent candidates.

  • @Haaaaaaaaarper
    @Haaaaaaaaarper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lovely vid.
    Electoral College gotta go.

  • @jeronimoarrubla9834
    @jeronimoarrubla9834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    TRUMP 2020!!!

    • @bisheshshakya1873
      @bisheshshakya1873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Really why?

    • @jthb
      @jthb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bisheshshakya1873 why not?

    • @theeggopener3532
      @theeggopener3532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Darth Dogoz cause he lost lol

  • @erikgoleb
    @erikgoleb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    President Trump 2020 🇺🇸

  • @x_isaka
    @x_isaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    florida supported trump..for sure.

  • @curranfrank2854
    @curranfrank2854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Because of our stupid electoral college, my vote matters way more than most of the country bc I live in Wisconsin. This needs to change

  • @josephmarsh78
    @josephmarsh78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Joe Biden 2020 🙏🏼🙌💪

  • @redfox5744
    @redfox5744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First

  • @lorinma
    @lorinma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seeing trumps picture makes me sick

  • @matcrispy3748
    @matcrispy3748 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    trump: one term twice impeached
    biden: vice president & president

  • @ProfOzone
    @ProfOzone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Winner take all isn't an Electoral College rule, it's a rule that most states (all but two, as the video itself points out) have individually put in place. So don't "thank" the EC (or the US Constitution) for that. Thank your own state, and if you don't like it, take it up with them. Also, no one state, all by itself, has ever handed a person the Presidency. That's like saying if I win an election by ten votes, that those ten voters as a group single-handedly got me elected and no other votes other than those ten mattered. Which is ridiculous. Also, while it's true that the way things work now, a Presidential candidate could ignore all states except the largest 11 in order to get the electoral votes needed, for a variety of other reasons (also made obvious in the video itself), the candidates really must pay attention to all states, though admittedly they can spend fewer resources in states they think they'll definitely win and more resources in competitive states. It doesn't work perfectly because of flaws in state implementation, but it does provide an incentive for Presidential candidates to pay at least some level of attention to every state on the map, rather than just a fraction of higher-population states. Especially today, when a candidate doesn't have to visit your state for you to know what they're about, and living in a swing state mostly just means that you're annoyed by constant robo-calls... the notion that the current system gives some states "too much influence" is greatly exaggerated in this poorly put together video. And none of the problems with the system lie with the EC, but, rather, with how states have decided to select electors, so, again, if people don't like it, they should take it up with their states rather than trashing the EC.

    • @norben1162
      @norben1162 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not in germany. here the partys have coalitions with eachother to govern and to do compromises.

  • @apersonyouknow6155
    @apersonyouknow6155 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    third lol

  • @sixtogonzaga655
    @sixtogonzaga655 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They should change the system. Each should just be given 1 point no matter the population and that should be the basis whoever wins. Coz if its by popular vote states with smaller population are at a disadvantage

  • @TEETIMEE
    @TEETIMEE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Trump 2020

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      kek Nope!

    • @TEETIMEE
      @TEETIMEE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope what? He’s still gonna be the President ya know right?

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TEETIMEE Hey comment back here on January 20 when Biden is sworn in. The vote is already confirmed how long are you planning on holding onto your delusion?

    • @TEETIMEE
      @TEETIMEE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hiimjustin8826 where do you think it’s confirmed?

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TEETIMEE Oh my bad, you're right. Lots of states of certified but not enough to put Biden over the hill. Still, Trump would have to win court cases in 3 of the biggest states AND would have to have decisions that would change the vote counts enough to be in the lead. The courts don't "decide" elections. They just settle disputes on the process. So all of that, don't you think that's kind of a long shot? I mean 99% likely Biden will be president on Jan. 20

  • @krishnachaitanya7435
    @krishnachaitanya7435 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyways, #Trump2020 ✌️

  • @jthb
    @jthb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    TRUMP 2020