Friday, January 22, 2016

U.S. Elections--How do they work (a Brit explains)

This video (4:25) produced by the British Parliament explains our (American) system elections, democracy, and representation in the United States.
It also does a great job of explaining differences between the American model of government (president as head of state and government) and the British model (monarch as head of state, Prime Minister as head of the government) and differences in elections (U.S. House based on population, the House of Commons based on 'first past the post').  The explanation of the American electoral college procedures is particularly clear and informative.

This video would be great to show students in both U.S. Government and in your Comparative Government courses.

2 comments:

ChalkDustDiva said...

Great and informative video! I love the comparison.

Ann said...

Great information! I will definitely listen to it again. I recently found some good software https://convert2.online/en/youtube-downloader - now I can download audio from YouTube podcasts without any problems. It is very practical, because I love listening to educational videos at work.