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Crash Course Government and Politics
Election Basics: Crash Course Government #36
Season 1
Episode 36
This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. As you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem particularly plausible. So to deal with this complexity, we vote for people, not policies, that represent our best interests.
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Finally it's all about Free Speech!
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7:41
Craig is gives you an overview of civil rights and civil liberties.
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