Election 2020: How do America's presidential primaries work?

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4 жыл бұрын

As the Democratic primary race enters its busiest period, John Prideaux, The Economist's US editor, gives his essential guide to understanding the process by which America's presidential candidates are chosen. Read more here: econ.st/2IdvpvD
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@yellowmoon1084 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not gonna lie, I just watched this and I still don't understand the process.

@nicoteenz 4 жыл бұрын

honestly 💀

@leonardobarbosamendes3056 4 жыл бұрын

Thats totally me

@saishankarediga6921 4 жыл бұрын

You r not alone

@subhamchoudhury3124 4 жыл бұрын

Yes🙄🙄

@ylw656 4 жыл бұрын

same here

@tsafa 4 жыл бұрын

Let me simplify this for you... the Constitution says that the states get to elect the president. Not the people. The states can select whatever process they want to distribute their electoral votes, including throwing darts at a dartboard. The political parties are private clubs. They can use whatever process they want, including rolling dice, to select a nominee. Originally only the House of Representatives was by direct vote. The Senate was made a direct vote by Constitutional Amendment. If you don't understand this information, you will not understand how elections run.

@tsafa 4 жыл бұрын

@Star Star they try to get the people involved to the extent that they get to know the candidates. So the primary process is not about the people picking a party candidate, it's about the people getting to know the party selected candidate. At least on the Democrat side anyway with the delegates. The Republicans do not have delegates.

@Marvintronkys 4 жыл бұрын

@Star Star Republicans can vote in the primaries to sabotage the Democratic nominee (the Democrats can do the same thing to the Republican nominee ). However, if the Democratic nominee that the Republicans voted for beats their party nominee, then they'll have to live with the guilt of leading the opposition to victory.

@SimonSozzi7258 4 жыл бұрын

@Star Star Also, many states have closed elections where you have to be registered Democrat beforehand to participate. In California they're allowing "Same day registration" or "Crossover Ballot" but only because the democratic party was taken to court here for them to open up their process. In NYC where I used to live...you had to be registered Democrat 6 months in advance! Independents have to switch 6 months in advance or they're shut out. It's a "Private Party".

@willnash7907 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimonSozzi7258 It's a terrible dilemma between opening up the process and risking undue interference and closing it and risking legal backlash, both compromise the essence of democracy. There is no clear solution because this is just another symptom of an inadequate system that just fails to represent it's citizens, the extend to which American democracy fails is the extend to which it's not democratic enough. First past the post elections don't work, parochially regimented elections don't work, proxy voting doesn't work and above all, systems that compromise the integrity of the voting process by opening it up to rampant bribery and lobbying will never deliver on the promise of democracy. If ever there was a time for political revolution in the United States it's now. Now that there is still time for it to be civil, non-violent and with an eye to democratic legitimacy.

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

tsafa - True, except no state actually uses darts or dice to select electors.

@InTheDesertRain 4 жыл бұрын

I'm still struggling to understand when the remaining 99% of people get to have a say in all of this.

@quaintleaf1208 4 жыл бұрын

when you're American and voted in the democratic primaries yesterday and are still confused by this entire voting system (primaries, Caucasus, national convention etc.) thank you Economist Team for pulling this video together! i found it very helpful.

@benkeego 4 жыл бұрын

thats why u shouldnt vote

@394pjo 4 жыл бұрын

It won't matter who we vote for, nothing will change. More money for wars no money for Americans.

@PaulColclough47 4 жыл бұрын

The building at 0:47, around the time the narration says "attend the national convention", is a building in Ireland called the "Convention Centre Dublin". I guess they just Google convention and that building popped up.

@MrLee353 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Colclough I was literally thinking the same thing when I saw the thumbnail!

@joeymacme 4 жыл бұрын

So I guess that makes it a Republican Convention centre. 🙄

@MasterFipacaster 4 жыл бұрын

just stick a US flag on it and no-one will notice

@ThatOtherRaccoon 4 жыл бұрын

I wish they would have played the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme after that lady announced the votes they submitted for Hillary.

@zefanx 4 жыл бұрын

More complicated the process is, more easily it can be rigged. How about just "People vote, top wins" rule?

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

Zefan Xu - What does it mean “win”? Are you saying that the candidate with the most votes should get all the delegates for a state? That doesn’t seem fair, although that’s the way the electoral college works in nearly all states.

@MrWhangdoodles 4 жыл бұрын

The best English weekly magazine out there.

@ericmattson3234 4 жыл бұрын

I was on my hubby’s phone looking up stuff regarding upcoming elections-He had the best idea ever in 24 years of marriage. Even though I hate politics (poli-many tics= bloodsuckers🩸) He said’ “Everyone should do a paper ballot AND electronic ballot Let’s see how the numbers compare..Most Americans wouldn’t mind doing this extra step to ensure a more accurate polling count

@toady7741 4 жыл бұрын

Is this actually democracy?

@Andy-rn2xl 4 жыл бұрын

No, it's a Republic

@mrbrainbob5320 4 жыл бұрын

Well you vote so yes

@KingAgniKai 4 жыл бұрын

@@mrbrainbob5320 you dont directly elect the president right

@notricky1680 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingAgniKai nope

@helenpauls1496 4 жыл бұрын

AgniKai No, it seems the ole bygone days ElectoralCollege does that.

@maseratibjb 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You made loose whatever the little clarity I had!

@simonakos5179 4 жыл бұрын

Okay but why is there a photo of Convention Centre Dublin (located in Ireland) in the thumbnail of this video?

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

The reason some Americans are confused by our political processes is that most of our schools don’t teach civics anymore.

@zeeshanhaider6088 4 жыл бұрын

Bernie 2020!

@jamesharrington4752 4 жыл бұрын

Bernie 2020!

@adee6467 4 жыл бұрын

To the hospital 2020!!

@maleficentmistressofevil28 4 жыл бұрын

@@adee6467 😂😂😂👍

@ranasaqib8629 3 жыл бұрын

I'm confused, how they select electorals? If a state has 9 electoral seats, how many persons will compete and to whom? To their own party candidate or rival party?

@jthw0703 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the Convention Centre Dublin in the thumbnail?

@goenhckbe5236 3 жыл бұрын

Can we let all state vote and choose the candidate with the most votes like it isn’t that hard😭

@Joshua-Samarita 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe primary is so complicated than I thought.

@Daphneamy360 3 жыл бұрын

Im doing my research on what part to be in because things change so much

@danielmoney4151 4 жыл бұрын

The production values of this video were on point though it didn't really clear anything up for me, perhaps this is because I have no prior knowledge as I am from Australia

@earthwormjum 4 жыл бұрын

So, will there only ever be two political parties in American politics? Can other parties exist?

@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477 2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile where i live every town votes and the ‘winner’ is in total voters even though no party owns over 50%

@jackara 4 жыл бұрын

They dont lol that seems to be the answer

@jessicaprintke4973 3 жыл бұрын

Is using the 5 part algorithm system to basic averages to determine a winner according to their so called ranking system would never result in the same person as being a winner As compared to the traditional method.

@ignaoriginals4554 2 жыл бұрын

Why is it made more complicated than it has to be

@_baller 4 жыл бұрын

How do primaries work: talk about caucuses

@aek12 4 жыл бұрын

It could be better if you explained it through the diagram.

@mohammadtaha9080 4 жыл бұрын

Either this process is really confusing or please try a better explanation next time?

@kaiserwaffle7896 3 жыл бұрын

At least one person in that room had Covid

@dylandaniels8898 4 жыл бұрын

Why did you use an Irish building in the thumbnail ? 🤔

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

Dylan Daniels - It’s a photoillustration. The article is not a documentary on American architecture.

@imthedude9591 4 жыл бұрын

How do they work? That's easy, they don't! ✌

@vijaytalwar5662 Жыл бұрын

These primary elections are conducted by Political parties?

@italia689 8 ай бұрын

Sort of. Run on a party, get enough votes, get a spot in the primaries, people will select the candidate that way. Then, there is a second round of voting so the president gets elected. The party bosses do not pick the candidate; the people (supposedly) do.

@Peter-li5bc 4 жыл бұрын

Metal detectors before a public meeting. 'muricans..

@LionsGateCorp 4 жыл бұрын

Obscenely antiquated verging on the ridiculous.

@BlueDolphinBlues 2 жыл бұрын

This is why we can't get a decent candidate running in either party

@dwxp_5054 2 жыл бұрын

Hello miss Dubois

@peterfrancis2330 4 жыл бұрын

1 older than Yoda 1 alzeimer 1 troll RIP America

@aaronweiser5421 4 жыл бұрын

JOE BIDEN IS A WALKING CORPSE!!!!!!!

@Nativegirl1985 4 жыл бұрын

Sanders bc our planet is dying.

@Kevin-cy2dr Жыл бұрын

"If voting made a difference,they won't let you to vote." - some random dude

@RahulYadav-nk6wp 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, why don't just have a primary all together, why this mumbo jumbo?

@kicapanmanis1060 4 жыл бұрын

4:13.......well that didnt happen.

@radek1016 4 жыл бұрын

You have to choose someone without British ancestry because it's also a guts for you.

@jessicaprintke4973 3 жыл бұрын

They're starting to do ranking as a way of voting 1 through 5 this is a very unfair manipulative system that uses an algorithm and basic averages

@martinpearce7637 6 ай бұрын

Room for a lot of confusion . Not sure how fair this system is

@user-mu7xh4sm3v 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend Bernie I'm not American I'm just suggesting

@riazulislam6163 3 жыл бұрын

I will tell Americans to vote for the crazy Trump again. In the next 5 years, the situation in America should be like Somalia. It is the best gift of the century for Americans

@Wtfmannnn53277 4 жыл бұрын

All you guys fighting over some random dudes, I think Lin-Manuel Miranda should be president (This is a joke not made to offend anyone)

@jessicaprintke4973 3 жыл бұрын

In a traditional voting system where you just pick One person What's wrong with that vote absolutely nothing that's the way it should be done that's the way it's always been done

@rachelwong1197 4 жыл бұрын

very complicated 😢

@amotupira2221 3 жыл бұрын

... Hello neither democrat nor republican nor even North American I am a Colombian and never in my life have I voted nor will I vote in this country for any corrupt "rat" that is what there is in this country; but if I resided in the USA, I would gladly cast my vote together with my family for Mr. Bieden (sorry if I wrote it wrong) I really like his presidential formula and he does not seem to be a mentally deranged like the current one ....

@balaivy 3 жыл бұрын

vote for biden please it’s going to save so many lives TRUMP DOESNT BELIEVE IN SCIENCE WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO LISTENS TO SCIENTISTS

@sharonlawson1134 3 жыл бұрын

We need a young man old enough to know and young enough to do who came from poor.only the poor knows how the poor.!!

@escyartemis6913 4 жыл бұрын

Still.. I have not understood... Lol

@ps3301 7 ай бұрын

American have to shift away from this bipartisan system so that independent candidate can win

@dxelson 3 жыл бұрын

The US has the least democratic way of voting out of all western demoracies

@dozieweon 4 жыл бұрын

It is all about the democratic party

@binyamina8850 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand a thing

@vdandekar 6 ай бұрын

You have that annoying background music.

@ParrisM1992 4 жыл бұрын

Vote bernie Saunders 💙💙💙💙💙💙

@balaivy 3 жыл бұрын

please don’t. it’s going to split the democratic votes and trump will win. vote biden

@key1mic22 3 жыл бұрын

Is he still running

@xxxYouTunesxxx 4 жыл бұрын

I don;'t see the point in voting

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

Doug Clement - You are not required to vote.

@GeorgeBletchly Жыл бұрын

I was hoping this would clarify the role of the NDC in selecting the Democrat Party's presidential candidate. Could the Economist be gaslighting us? Never trust an editor with a yuppy accent.

@FeebleAntelope 4 жыл бұрын

How do they work? The people in charge close polling stations in poor and/or minority neighborhoods, or other places where the demographic is not favoring the candidate they want. Then you have long lines of voters at the only places available, which are running out of ballots due to poor supply, glitching voting machines, or they give you "provisional ballots" that often aren't even counted. And then an old guy in the early stages of dementia, who has not even been campaigning in the state, and has been telling people to vote for Trump or someone else, forgetting who he's talking to, or where he is..... Somehow he wins.

@amartin4423 4 жыл бұрын

Meow!

@igkslife 4 жыл бұрын

Meow.

@johntaylor5968 6 ай бұрын

Could they not make it a bit more complicated. What a load of nonsense 😮

@StephenPiper1901 Жыл бұрын

Not explained at all

@user-pi7pu4oo9g 4 жыл бұрын

us citizens , Please! elect us president Tulsi Gabbard, You will not regret , she is the future of the usa . Thanks for attention !

@dan4o8nik 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why in Europe we're constantly bombarded with learning about the US when they can't even point to where their own country is, let alone Europe...