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Elections are coming up in the United States, so I thought it was a good opportunity to talk about the best and worst voting systems in the world. Why are US elections so weird? And how can it be fixed?

Make a plan and vote! Here are some resources to get you started:

https://www.vote411.org
https://www.rockthevote.org,
https://www.vote.org

Thanks to Peter Dillinger for providing extra research for this video!

Here are the links to the democracy rankings:
https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-...
https://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/...
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapp...
https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapp...



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LINKS LINKS LINKS -
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/0...
https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-...
https://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/...
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapp...
https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapp...
https://www.iasgyan.in/blogs/types-of...
https://www.honestballot.com/the-3-ma...
https://citizen-network.org/library/g...
Norway - Proportional representation (PR)
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/h...

Finland - PR for parliament; First Past The Post for President in the Two Rounds format
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...

Denmark - Party-list PR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...

Sweden - Open List style Party List PR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...

Switzerland - Mix of PR for the Assembly and direct voting on referendums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_...

New Zealand - Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP)
(Was FPP until 1993)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elector...

Extra Resources:
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
https://voting.naacpldf.org/
https://voting.naacpldf.org/voting-ri...
https://www.usa.gov/voter-research

TIMESTAMPS -
0:00 - Intro
1:51 - The Oldest Democracy in the World
2:42 - Freedom Ranking
5:06 - Tangent Cam
5:25 - First Past The Post Voting
9:12 - Plurality Majority
10:24 - Proportional Representation
11:26 - Mixed Systems
11:50 - Ranked Choice Voting
12:59 - Countries With Highest Democracy Ranking
13:57 - The Importance of Voting
15:33 - Voting Resources
17:22 - Sponsor - Brilliant