newstopia: US electoral system explained

[lucm155]

I heard this is how most if their banking products work also

[ajtuttle92]

Wow I understand it now

[PedroLiveTv]

Epic trolling right here.

[meilleuregagne]

i don't fucking understand what she's explaining, so bad

[Ballsinawad]

People don't get this is a parody?

[streethustla24]

fuck each party man. im a citizen, why do i have to join a party to vote for a presidant.

[MrOriolesfan21]

This bitch needs to slow the hell down. you are explaining the electoral college not conducting an auction

[Monkeyshouts]

@MrOriolesfan21 That's the end that matters :-) This is why Obama will win handily.

[adda241]

can't understand wtf she is saying

[totyny1]

COCAINNEEEEEEEEEE

[boriquadominicana]

LOL slow down woman.......

[Rageah0lic]

WHAT THE FUCK

[Cosmickey86]

"...before finally the candidate with the most money is declared president."

[yourtube20061]

omg, at the start i thought it was real !!

[S31ZUR3]

She should have been in Look at me now instead of Busta Rhymes

[aprilblenk]

Did anyone catch a word of what she said... O.o

[1001014]

WTF, I was concentrating till halfway trying to learn but then it became obvious that this was a fucking joke.

[uzumakics]

Who press fast forward button?

[metadera]

What is wrong with heer ? i can fucking understand it because she is speaking so freaking fast

[simza03]

@metadera she was taking the piss.

[TheUSPH]

i think bush won twice because of the electoral college? is this true?

[islandboy68]

She had'

[islandboy68]

She is purposely speaking fast guys omg it's satirizing how complicated the us electoral system is. The point is to demonstrate how complicated it actually is and at the end of the diagram she outlines the corrupt nature of it in that the person with the most money wins. Lol! I can't believe the amount of people here who couldn't understand the sarcastic tone she g

[branrayz]

HILARIOUS

[chandlerhl]

why is she talking so fast, i can't understand a thing!

[romantomato]

lol. and she didnt even mention anything about the Electoral College - a complicated system in itself!

[DanSuess81]

sounds like a rap... faster! :D

[ell3en]

Anyone got a link to his Heston report where he manages to get apes and soylent greens in one skit?

[davecolombia]

wait wait....are the Brits trying to make fun of how complicated our electoral system is by making that hot piece of ass talk really fast?

[morningchaps]

@davecolombia "Brits"? It's an Australian show, sunshine. And to answer your question...yes.

[owaffs]

@davecolombia

Actually, the joke in the end is that after all that complicated, long-winded explanation she says the candidate with the most money becomes President. Making the complicated, long-winded explanation unnecessary/redundant.

[piepods]

@davecolombia note the big Australian-shaped continent in the background. I could make a joke about Americans not being able to recognise foreign geography, but you probably wouldn't get it.

[kaylenfalse]

ahh. mean! I don't think that flow chart even needed all those things. *glare* they're making something that's difficult even more difficult to grasp.

[jackfire55]

WHAT THE HELL! Was she trying to set a record for fasted talking. LOL

[mynewid666]

@jackfire55

yes she does look a bit thin

[breando1]

I don't think she's speaking too fast, I think some people brains work too slow.

[wuzzlevideos]

Loving the Americans coming here and not understanding it.

[Kiattilin]

Huh?

[tinkerbellereyes]

she speaaaakkk tooooo faaassttt!!!! it's like fast forward!

[boxpilot]

punchline made me spit lemon juice all over my papers

[vidmanx0]

You don't need the most money to become president - you just need to have been groomed from an early age by the corporate and financial elite that runs America and have their nod of approval.

[inviktus1983]

@vidmanx0 they don't just run america

[Techh76]

omg i cant understand what shes saying. too damn fast.

[GreatHumanBeans]

haha she talks so fast.

[iamseeingyou]

ok, i will download this and adjust the speed for the information.

[JayRocFly]

yeeeeeaaa, thanks for helping me cheat on my test

[gloomyoutlook]

The actress playing Wanda Knee-Babcock (a fantastically fitting name for an American reporter; makes perfect use of the peculiar American English vowel sounds) deserves an award. She was so funny on this show.

"...police say they have dropped charges against him for being illegally dead"

xD

ILY SHAUN <3

[mcqualter]

ROBERTA WILLIAMS

[andie2244]

Thats the idea. The govt doesn't want you to understand the ballot/electoral system.

[redsoxlover216]

she talks so fuckin fast

[mudchair16]

I really hate to be stereotypical about Americans, but it's an eyeopener when you notice how so many of them can never grasp the fact that stuff like this is a parody, they always have to try and dig out the seriousness. With that said, most Americans have a different sense of humour and it's no wonder all my British friends find this funny.

[kklol7]

A lot of Americans find this kind of stuff funny too. The electoral system is made fun of quite a bit around election time.

[EdgeStormcrow]

if you are american, dont post ! you probably dont understand. Brits will understand this show.

[BTPossum]

I know exactly what you're talking about there.

[SparkynotSpanky]

i no

americans are idiots

[kklol7]

Isn't this essentially the Daily Show for Australia?

[woozawozzle]

its funnier

[Maddolis]

It wasn't nearly as popular as the Daily Show is/was in America.

In terms of political satire (which I love), Australia has Shaun Micallef (in the vid) where America has Stephen Colbert (both are amazing comedians IMHO), Australia has the Chaser group where America has The Onion.

[exaybache]

pretty much. shaun micallef is a better host than john stewart though i reckon

[mynewid666]

Micallef is a comedian in his own right. It's a shame topical political humour isn't as popular in oz as little kids falling over and foul mouthed chefs.

[Verceti1]

@mynewid666 geez that's a pretty big call

[Micmacimus]

@mynewid666 I think if we had some good late night stuff it would be reasonably popular. Our politicians (all of them, in the interest of bipartisanship) lend themselves to humour quite well. But nothing seems to really hit the mark. We have a reasonably different sense of humour, and i just haven't seen something hit that mark while remaining largely political. The Chasers manage it in certain skits, but then feel they have to do something outrageous to keep ratings or w/e and wreck it

[Cosmickey86]

@mynewid666 If we could figure out a way to COMBINE topical political humour with little kids falling over and foul mouthed chefs, I think we'd be onto a winner!

[schmands]

@exaybache If their worlds could somehow collide that would be freaking awesome.

[Kalanag01]

.....But the daily show isn't even funny.

Also, because it's been done before in another country doesn't mean that someone in a different country can't "make up" the idea themselves.

[kklol7]

>but the daily show isn't even funny

I think it's funny.

And I didn't say they stole from the Daily show.

[billysnodgrass]

wow this joke has really just gone strait over the heads of some of you guys

[BigChiefMike]

someone take her off the speed please

[trainfan761]

She's talking so fast and the set out is so complicated It's really hard to understand.

[mrshivago]

stop talking so fast

:-S

[thecomicsitedotcom]

Why do we elect people to vote for us, when we could vote for ourselves online? Please explain why. There is no reason, in 1776 we had no choice, today we do.

[BTPossum]

Maybe because a hell of a lot of people can't get or don't want the internet?

[thecomicsitedotcom]

In the US about 85% of households have internet, more than our voter turnout 50%. And, libraries give public access to those who don't have access. We don't need politicians to vote on laws, we could do it ourselves, couldn't be any worse of an outcome than we have today, they can't buy everybody off.

[shooter348]

They certainly got the last point right. The candidate with the most money wins.

[bobliveson]

Kat Stewart rocks!

[tarkineWild]

Well that clears things up....Go democracy, American style.

[jonzot]

It's funny cause it's true.

[OzClawhammer]

Jeez she can talk fast...and sexy :)

[dwried]

"...before finally the candidate with the most money is declared President." hehe

[ajaoz1]

Very funny, very good. To all those people who have complaints (she's talking too fast etc); this is just `nutball' comedy/parody and therefore not to be taken seriously.

[stomachknot]

this is how it is done lets look through the looking glass people...into the REAL its all to spin you around so you is too duh-YZZY-umb to see with your red stripe white eyes the shallow blue night stars and smashes into the barock state o mind...you elected a man and dont know a thing about him he never came on tv never did talkshows before he ran for presedint never spoke aginst bush to the press for 8 years never herd the name (BAHRAQ)

just Ahraq without the b was the bee a silent Bmovie

[Ninjarni]

HAHAHAHA

i <3 newstopia

[bisdakdiay]

this is a comedy show? no wonder.

[shortrockus]

lol i can't believe alot of commenters here didn't even know that this is actually a comedy show! sigh

go newstopia!

[TheHooper]

ohhhhhhh!!!

[CUBANASO82]

fuck this bitch!!! i didnt fuckin understand anything the bitch said.

[redsoxlover216]

shes talking so fuckin fast

[loogish]

too slow..

[shortybitz]

dont worry australia, us brits get ya...

[DamonShivers83]

If the electoral college is not seated by Senators or Representatives, Then who are these state appointed people? Are they Lawyers, Judges, Business Men & Women? Does anyone know? Can I be on the electoral college? The troubling part is that these people are NOT REQUIRED to vote as the majority in their state did. Unless you trust these APPOINTED people who you do not vote for and don't know, your vote for the president doesn't count for shit.

[Lordofthedonut]

noooo she's talking too fast!!

[skellywags21]

why the fuck is she talking so damn fast?

[cmoney1860]

ummmm yes?

[alooobre]

so simple...

[WhiteCamry]

The real problem with the Florida recount in 2000 wasn't the hanging chads and butterfly ballots but something more abstract - the winner-take all rule which awarded all 25 Florida electors to Bush.

ME and NE choose their electors differently - only two statewide, the rest by congressional district. If FL had this in 2000 then any recount would have had only 3 electors at stake. Bush would have received only 14 electors when he needed 24 to win. Gore would have won the election.

[Slapsta72]

reading these comments, pretty funny how the americans have responded

it's an aussie comedy show, her accent is decent (to us aussies) and it was funny. the end

[eredeath]

sad that its true :(

[johkonut]

LOL finally the candidate with the most money is president

[gerjaison]

I am laughing in tears!!

[illman8876]

lmao do us yanks actually sound that fast to aussies and brits???

[pants362]

That's not the joke.

[illman8876]

noooooooooooooooo really? god forbid something other than the main joke was also funny.

[Ventonator]

I wish I could talk that fast

[godfather89]

HaHa, confusing and corrupt just the way the bad guys want it. Love how she speaks faster and faster as she gets closer to the end.

[synthpopclassics]

they need to like get rid of the......

e-voting, diebold, imf, world bank, central bank-fed reserve, etc.

kick out the jews, problem solved.

[WNanette]

vouchsafed... boy you don't hear that word very often haha

[Boogyster]

It's all so obvious!

[whitehousesvc729]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!! could u talk faster lady, it was a bit slow 4 me!!!!!! lol ;-)

[Brettah31]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH oh gold!

[kennymelodica]

Yah, what they need is more MELODICA in their electoral system..check out our melodica solos.... in the meantime 5 stars for newstopia

[Drogue]

god damn it, im actually trying to figure this out..and i get THIS?!

[therealside]

I don't vote based on who I think should win, I vote on principle. My vote went to Ron Paul, so I should not vote this time if I cannot vote Ron Paul. I'll give Obama a chance, hopefully we'll protect him better than JFK.

[robotsworld1]

If you voted for Ron Paul during the primaries and you claim to vote on principle, you would NOT vote for Obama...you'll be going against your principles...VOTE 3rd Party, vote your conscience, vote for REAL change, vote against the currently establishment, remember Obama votes the same as McCain on major issues.

[TehRedRisky]

All of that actually makes perfect sense. Though i like to think the presidential nominee with the most amount of money will not necessarily win

[TankCatIntoMordor]

Hahaha, I am actually researching this subject and stumbled across this.

[fallsemo]

clear. very clear! thank you for this!

[EYEmusique]

ah, clear as mud - candidate with most money = president :D

[iainhecker]

It's astonishing how many countries use a district system for voting. It throws votes away. You ought to just count the total amount of votes nationally.

[Catuveluni]

I think the theory behind it is that its harder to commit fraud if theres many elections at once rather than just one.

[JayEey]

Countries based on the parliamentary system elect their local representative to parliament (MP - Member of Parliament). The party with the most number of MPs forms the government. Whomever is the leader of the party becomes the Prime Minister.

[chicoconceptual]

SAY WHAT!?

[therealside]

That's so awesome, and the only way Ron Paul is still in the race!

[Pvic]

Ron Paul is a 1930's Isolationist

[anthonyjh63]

Ron Paul is a bad joke.

[john1230]

Someone who promises "change", but never really talks about what would change for the good, or knows what is wrong in America is a sick joke.

Someone who knows how rights of the people used to be.

And what government should be, and what it should do is the cure.

I think Obama get's elected.

But things wouldn't change for the good.

Despite his promises.

As long as the constitution isn't restored it stinks.

Ever heard him talking about that?

[john1230]

They built a lot of FEMA camps in the US.

The new president would tear them down, wouldn't he?

They are built for a purpose.

And they will be used for the purpose they are bult for, no matter what.

[anthonyjh63]

Who said I support Obama? I support no candidate, as no candidate is worth support.

[robotsworld1]

Ron Paul might be a bad joke to you...only cause you didn't get his message which is not a joke and is more than good. Obama is an empty suit.

[anthonyjh63]

rogots: I do not fucking support Obama! Why, oh why, when I say that I don't support Paul everyone assumes I'm voting for Obama. Hell, I'm not voting for McCain either.

I do not vote, as no candidate is worthy of a vote. Those of you who bought into Paul's idiocy need to put down the bong. His policies would send our floundering economy into a vortex of fail. He uses the phrase 'REVOLUTION', and all the idiots flock like sheep.

[robotsworld1]

Yeah, you're right, he's so fucked up in his economic view that ALL the fucking pundits on television were running 2 him 4 an interview. They wanted his opinion b/c he warned the public during his primaries of the economic spiral down that it was headed. Heck, he was the ONLY candidate on either side of the table saying that we ARE in a recession. He's even got pulitzer prize winning economists saying the same thing he's saying then & now. R. Paul is an expert economist if you didn't know.

[robotsworld1]

I'd like to know, which one of policies are you referring to that would send our floundering economy into a vortex of fail??? I'm waiting.

[anthonyjh63]

I'm not google. Nor am I a supplier of common sense. If you don't want to figure it out for yourself, then you're not worth the time of day.

[robotsworld1]

Thanks! Just the answer I knew you'd give me.

NONE! LOL!

I already did my research. I already figured it out.

If I'm not worth the time of day, then have you kept answering me with nonsense. Don't answer...go back to sleep.

[robotsworld1]

I wanted to see if you knew anything about his policy views and why you would come to a conclusion. You just proved how little you know. You're the typical American Idiot. I'll give you credit though, for not falling for McBama. ;O)

[ElCapitan1985]

Dr. Paul is a HERO. anthonyjh63 is a lost, ignorant fool, I wonder if he can smell his own bull shit. Its funny that people like him seem to prove people like you right without intending to. Keep up the good fight, robotsworld1!

[robotsworld1]

Thanks! Hope you do the same. Guys like him will wake up when he realizes that he no longer lives in a sovereign nation and his dollar is worth $0. PEACE!

[0955960]

you know whats wrong with a pencil and pen...people can't spell!!!doesn't take a brain surgeon

[mynewid666]

we use pencils and paper in australia...you just put a number in a box. As long as you can read it works ok (except for the fact that we always seem to elect POLITICIANS!!!)

[outseeker]

bahahha great post mate! :D

[keady]

Best show on Aussie T.V!

Kat Stewart is an awesome actress, she also does Roberta Williams from Underbelly, though I am not meant to have watched that since I live in Victoria.

[BankySkitch]

This show like America's "The Daily Show"? News satire, right?

[joefleet]

Kind of, but more in the format of a hardline news show. There isn't a studio audience either.

[Liquidicespace]

LOL, she's got talent... hehe

[richlaue]

50 million spent per candidate for a 400 thousand a year job.

Oh yea that logical.

[0955960]

its not about money silly

[Zhisalr]

Both of you shut the fuck up.

[jpbalkenende]

Besides most of the mocking USA comedy skits I've seen.. In fact ALL of them have come out of Canada, the UK or Australia. Coincidentally America's bestest buddies. I've never seen anything like this youtube film on Dutch television.

[moonymonster]

As an American, I can say that is brilliant and pretty damn accurate. Wish it wasn't, but...

Corruption? In OUR government? NEVER I SAY! Ooooh, wait, you mean THAT corruption! Well, that's just...um...American corruption, so it's allowed. Yeah. Um.

[pdfarsight]

Yeah, that's pretty much how it works.

[AlabasterSexington]

I live in America and I got to say that is actually pretty accurate.

[ladalang]

is her voice annoying or what

[sigsputnik]

that's the same actress who plays roberta williams in underbelly

[mynewid666]

yeah- I thought she was so hot until I saw her playing that scrag...

now I don't like her as much LOL

[DonSimonBolivar]

Omg even the candidates are chosen through money. What a bullshit election process.

[Suavsilk]

americans are stupid

[BeatriceVenkataya]

Shaun Micallef at his best.

Oh and guys, his accent is Australian, not British... >.>

[dan428]

Well Hillary has the most personal wealth.. oh crap.

[tiamat1990]

Oh my god that was so awesome.

[capncrunch9233]

...genius!

[capncrunch9233]

...genius!

[Cappadcius]

hahaha

[ForrestRangerBen]

"Never gonna give you up never gonna let you down"

[dlite922]

DUGG: with a name like Wanda Knee-BabCock

[andypants1000]

I like Canada's ways, everyone just jumps parties repeatedly until we don't know who's for what, who believes what, and who we're voting for, and then we cut funding from healthcare.

[Mrcrissypoo]

EVERYTHING makes sense now!

[pinkjethrozepp]

i love the last step: "...the candidate with the most money is declared president."

brilliant!

[TheSchimmi]

hahaha weird, daily show britain style

[tjragon]

britain?

[TheSchimmi]

they have a british accent

[tjragon]

that's an Australian accent, not a strong one, but definitely Australian. oh, and thats a picture of Australia behind him :)

[jpbalkenende]

Wut's the difference? They both ISLANDS!

[tjragon]

What has that got to do with anything? Are you trying to be funny? If you are... I dont get it... sorry.

[jpbalkenende]

Oh I was just being cute about American geography... You know the stereotypes.

[slickbnx]

hahaha

[mysterymanforu]

sucks...they draw extra lines and boxes to make it seem more complicated.

[lujia]

Digg spam!!!