Complex Government, Gerrymandering, Moral Foundations of Politics, Election Misconduct, Mandatory Voting

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Mike & Jay address listener questions concerning: The complexity of the U.S. system of government. Minimizing partisan advantage in redistricting. The moral foundations of conservative and liberal thinking. If Jay was wrong about election misconduct in Florida. Whether mandatory voting is a good idea. What Mike’s ReadingThe inexhaustible desire to keep talking about Marx What Jay’s ReadingPresident George W. Bush’s eulogy for his father. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:05.7	I'm Michael Beranowski, a political scientist at North Kentucky University.
0:09.2	With me today is my regular co-host, Cleveland area attorney and Republican fact totem Jay Carson.
0:14.2	Hey, Mike.
0:14.9	Hey, Jay.
0:16.1	So, you know, I thought today we would start off just by jumping right into some listener comments,
0:23.2	questions, critiques, gripes, whatever you want to call them.
0:26.5	Super.
0:27.2	Okay, so let's start with Stewart from London.
0:32.4	That's London in the actual UK.
0:34.6	There are some London's in the United States.
0:36.6	And one in Canada, I think.
0:38.3	Well, it was London, Ohio, yeah.
0:39.5	Yeah, there you go.
0:40.2	This is the real London, certainly.
0:43.9	I'll call it that.
0:44.8	I don't know, the first one maybe.
0:46.1	Anyway, Stuart writes, is the way the U.S. government set up with various powers
0:51.4	allocated to the branches more complex than, say, the UK set up?
0:56.4	Or does it just seem that way?
0:58.1	Because it's a non-U.S. citizen, I haven't grown up with it.
1:03.7	I don't know. I think maybe it is.
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