PBS
Voting Systems and the Condorcet Paradox
What is the best voting system? Voting seems relatively straightforward, yet four of the most widely used voting systems can produce four completely different winners.
TED Talks
TED: The case for a new Great Migration in the US | Charles M. Blow
Social progress in the United States often seems to take two steps forward and one step back, with hard-fought civil rights wins countered by a seemingly inevitable backlash. In this spirited talk, writer Charles M. Blow makes the case...
SciShow
6 Animals with Oddly Human Behavior
According to research, some animals act in ways that seem oddly similar to the things we do.
SciShow
Ballot Design Has a Sneaky Influence on Your Vote
In elections, your vote may be influenced by design of the ballot itself, especially when you don’t have strong feelings about which candidate to elect.
Curated Video
WRAP Voting begins in Boston, NYork, N Hampshire, Virginia
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
1. Voters voting in booths
2. Voters voting in booths
3. Voter casting first vote in box
4. Various of voters putting ballots in box
5. Various of election officials counting votes
6. Jim Pearson, Town...
Curated Video
WRAP Polls open, voters in solid Democrat state, queues outside ADDS church voting
Washington Heights, Manhattan
1. Various exteriors of polling station in PS/IS 187, a public elementary and middle school; people lining up to vote
2. Mid of voters queuing
Washington Heights, Manhattan
3. Various of voters registering...
Curated Video
Preview ahead of Thursday elections
April 7, 2004
1. Pan of Algiers
2. Various of ballot boxes being transported on lorry with men sitting on them
3. Various of men carrying ballot boxes
4. Men installing ballot boxes in polling station
5. Men talking
6. Various of men...
Curated Video
YUGOSLAVIA: BELGRADE: OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS RALLY
English/Nat
Thousands opposition supporters gathered in Belgrade Saturday night to hear their leaders announce a general strike for Monday and a limited road blockade on Sunday as a "dress rehearsal".
Opposition leaders, using figures...
Curated Video
WRAP Yar'Adua; Buhari; Obasanjo voting; a'math of riots; voters in Lagos
Abeokuta
1. Wide of Olusegun Obasanjo, outgoing Nigerian President casting his ballot in transparent box
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Olusegun Obasanjo, outgoing Nigerian President:
"Today is definitely a significant day in the political...
Curated Video
Security and election preparations ahead of voting
Cairo - 28 November 2011
1. Various of sunrise over city skyline
2. High shot of tents in Tahrir Square
3. Mid of banner reading: (Arabic) "Military Council step down"
4. Mid of men on ground in Tahrir Square covered with blankets
5....
Curated Video
Latest on crisis as talks start in Costa Rica
July 18, 2009
1. Pro-Zelaya supporters blocking road with rocks
2. Various of wife of Zelaya, Xiomara Castro in crowd of supporters
3. Mid shot of supporters waving Honduran flag (blue and white)
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Xiomara Castro,...
Curated Video
WRAP Political analyst on election ADDS ECOWAS observers
1. Various street scenes in Dakar a day after elections
2. Mid of people at news stand
3. Pan across display of newspapers
4. Front page of newspaper announcing incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade's lead
5. Exterior of the West African...
Curated Video
NICARAGUA: DANIEL ORTEGA WILL NOT RECOGNISE LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENT
Managua, Nicaragua, 22 & 23 November 19961. Various of Ortega out jogging2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel Ortega - head of Sandinista Front3. Shots of Supreme Electoral Council meeting (22 November 1996)4. Arnoldo Aleman being...
Curated Video
Newspaper headlines, reax to election results
1. Pull focus to tram approaching on main boulevard
2. Wide shot main boulevard, trams, people
3. People getting off tram
4. Various of woman distributing free newspapers
5. Man carrying his plastic bag on a stick and newspaper in...
Curated Video
Final preparations for Sunday's elections, observers comments
1. Wide of street
2. Wide of polling station
3. Close up sign for polling station
4. Various of people preparing room for election
5. Pan of ballot boxes
6. Man hanging curtains
7. Official looking through list of voters
8. Close up...
Curated Video
Polls close in presidential elex
1. Exterior Polling Station No. 2378, Moscow
2. Interior polling station, ballot box being brought to the counting table
3. String on ballot box
4. Lid being lifted off ballot box and ballot papers being tipped onto table
5. Observers...
Curated Video
MEXICO: ELECTIONS IN STATE OF GUERRERO PASS OFF PEACEFULLY
Spanish/Nat
Local elections in Mexico's southwestern state of Guerrero passed off peacefully Sunday, as the dominant guerilla group in the area, the Popular Revolutionary Army - EPR - retreated temporarily, easing worries about possible...
Curated Video
TALKING POINT Report on the impact of the youth vote in Poland's election
Warsaw - 16 October 2007
1. Wide shot of entrance gate to University of Warsaw
2. Tilt down of gate
3. Various of students walking around university grounds
4. Various of group of students outside library
5. Wide shot of campaign "21...
Curated Video
Iran - Electorate go to the polls
Iranians were going to the polls on Friday (23/5) to elect their next president, in the fiercest political showdown between conservative and moderate factions in the Islamic government since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The election's...
Curated Video
WRAP Yushchenko at rally with thousands of supporters
1. Viktor Yushchenko arriving at rally and walking towards stage
2. Pan of thousands of people at rally
3. Viktor Yushchenko walking onto stage, loud music accompanying him, he waves to crowds
4. Pan of crowds, waving orange flags, and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Which voting system is the best?
Imagine we want to build a new space port at one of four recently settled Martian bases, and are holding a vote to choose its location. Of the 100 colonists on Mars, 42 live on West Base, 26 on North Base, 15 on South Base, and 17 on...
SciShow
The New Era of Negative Campaigns
Negative campaigns—or campaigns that work by painting opposing candidates in a negative light—have been used for decades. But today, thanks to information that can be gained from social media, these campaigns may be even more effective...
TED Talks
TED: There's no such thing as not voting | eric Liu
Many people like to talk about how important voting is, how it's your civic duty and responsibility as an adult. eric Liu agrees with all that, but he also thinks it's time to bring joy back to the ballot box. The former political...
SciShow
Ballot Design Has a Sneaky Influence on Your Vote
In elections, your vote may be influenced by design of the ballot itself, especially when you don’t have strong feelings about which candidate to elect.