President Barack Obama picked centrist Judge Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Politics aside, the nomination process is simple enough.

The 58th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 2016. The biggest thing Barack Obama could take credit for was a rebounding economy. Just before election day, unemployment was under 5%. Sure, plenty of...

The very first in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. Did you know that five different Johns ran for President in 1788? Woah!

The Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, is critical for American citizens to understand their importance in defining their freedoms and the foundation of democracy. This video looks at the second constitutional congress in...

MOT 1952: DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE: Senators Estes Kefauver & Richard B. Russell sitting side by side, SOT talking about Labor legislation, MS Two unidentified men, Kefauver saying Russell voted against Full Employment Act,...

John F. Kennedy's presidency was a turning point in American history, both in terms of what he represented, as well as his assassination, which shocked the world. In many ways, America never recovered, and would never find the optimism...

The Presidency of the United States is the most powerful position in the nation, and is often referred to as the “leader of the free world”. Their power is only equaled by the massive responsibility they hold. They are not always...

Republican politicians in Texas are redrawing district lines, giving white people disproportionate representation in state elections. The controversial practice, called gerrymandering, has long been used as a tool by politicians to help...

An actor's reading of Emmeline Pankhurst's Hartford 'Freedom of Death' speech from November 1913.

This video is a lecture on different types of sampling techniques. The speaker explains the purpose of taking samples and the importance of having a representative sample in order to infer information about the overall population. They...

Gerrymandering is major issue when it comes to elections, with parties attempting to skew boundaries to give themselves the edge. Going into the next election cycle most states now have new electoral boundaries so we want to review...

The UK and EU are on the brink of reaching a deal, with Parliament looking like the final hurdle for the deal. There are questions about whether MPs want this deal, but it's also worth considering what the people want. It was the UK...

MOT 1952: DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE: Senators Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) & Richard B. Russell (1897-1971 ) sitting side by side w/ WTVJ microphones, SOT Russell talking about working in Washington, Kefauver about...

Now celebrating its 200th anniversary, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was a revolutionary text that pioneered the sci-fi genre. On the surface, it's a novel about a scary monster, but the sympathetic description of a soulful creature makes...

A short summary of the second Presidential election of George Washington.

We often think of the American West as a lawless, uncivilized place. But in the 19th century, it was ahead of its time – as the only part of America where women could vote.

If you were already done with 2020, let me tell you some bad news - it's not over yet. Potentially the biggest election of this election cycle is still yet to come with the Georgia runoffs set to decide the balance of the senate. In this...

Americans don’t actually vote for a presidential candidate. The real power that chooses the next commander-in-chief is the Electoral College.

Modern campaigning can get pretty dirty, but politicians today are only taking their cues from politicians in ancient Athens. This public radio story describes how direct democracy was carried out in ancient Athens, a Greek city-state....

I am going to try to avoid names, but right now in Europe and the US there is a lot of political violence that has become very racial. One of the presidential candidates in the 21st century is campaigning on as close to an openly racist...

What can we learn about democracy in the ancient world? What was the dynamism like in Athens when it came to democracy?<br/>
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 7

Mr. Hughes cuts through the 1960 election like a hot knife through butter. For the lazy AP Government student, the absent minded college student in a political science class they wish they could drop and weird random internet trolls.

The right to vote is our single most important right as American citizens, and yet, many Americans fail to exercise this valuable right. The Election Process In America. Part 1

In this video, the teacher explains how researchers use the margin of error to interpret data. They discuss the properties of the normal distribution and provide formulas to calculate the margin of error for different scenarios.