
Lecture Description
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 particularly plausible. So to deal with this complexity, we vote for people, not policies, that represent our best interests. But as you'll see, this process was not thoroughly addressed in the Constitution, so there have been a number of amendments and laws at the state level implemented to create the election system we all know and (maybe) love today.
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Course Index
- Introduction to American Government
- The Bicameral Congress
- Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
- Federalism
- Constitutional Compromises
- Congressional Elections
- Congressional Committees
- Congressional Leadership
- How a Bill Becomes a Law
- Congressional Decisions
- Presidential Power
- Presidential Powers 2
- Congressional Delegation
- How Presidents Govern
- Bureaucracy Basics
- Types of Bureaucracies
- Controlling Bureaucracies
- Legal System Basics
- Structure of the Court System
- Supreme Court of the United States Procedures
- Judicial Review
- Judicial Decisions
- Civil Right
- Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of Speech
- Freedom of the Press
- Search and Seizure
- Due Process of Law
- Equal Protection
- Sex Discrimination
- Discrimination
- Affirmative Action
- Public Opinion
- Shaping Public Opinion
- Political Ideology
- Election Basics
- Gerrymandering
- How Voters Decide
- Political Campaigns
- Political Parties
- Party Systems
- Interest Groups
- Interest Group Formation
- Media Institution
- Media Regulation
- Market Economy
- Government Regulation
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- Social Policy
- Foreign Policy
Course Description
In this crash course series hosted by Craig Benzine (aka WheezyWaiter), learn the basics of American government in videos lasting about 9 minutes each, covering the basic functions and policies discussed in American politics