Election Reform: Make Those Votes Count

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.5 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we briefly take a look at the McCain and Ayotte Senate races before diving into Election Reform. We talk about first-past-the-post voting in the primaries and the general election, the primary calendar, and the electoral college. And, of course, no discussion of election reform is complete without a little campaign finance (spoiler: we almost subtitled this episode, "Beth Says Unpopular Things") and gerrymandering conversation. In The Heels, in honor of National Poetry Month, we share two of our favorites. We always love your feedback, and now there's a new way to contact us. Leave a message at 859-268-2330 to make an appearance in the Friday feedback section of the Briefcase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We pride ourselves on the right to vote in the United States.
0:03.5	But what are we voting for and how are our votes counted?
0:06.9	Does any of it really matter?
0:09.1	Today we tackle the trouble with US presidential elections.
0:12.1	There has to be a better way, y'all.
0:15.3	This is Sarah from the left and Beth from the right.
0:18.2	You're listening to Pantsuit politics.
0:20.5	They're shouting, no insults, plenty of new ones.
0:31.0	Welcome to another episode of Pantsuit politics.
0:33.3	We're really excited.
0:34.3	We've got a big show planned,
0:35.3	we're tackling election reform.
0:37.5	So the t-shirts are in.
0:38.7	I hope many of you have already received them through the mail.
0:41.4	And if you want a t-shirt, a Pantsuit politics
0:43.6	or a hashtag crazy moderate t-shirt,
0:45.4	go on PantsuitPoliticsShow.com and check it out,
0:47.7	where you can also subscribe to our email list,
0:50.5	find links to follow us on Facebook or Twitter,
0:53.0	or become a supporter of the show.
0:54.8	So many options on PantsuitPoliticsShow.com.
0:58.2	There is nothing that makes me happier
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