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United States presidential election

event · in 35 videos (2007–2012)

Mentions by year: 2007: 9 · 2008: 16 · 2009: 1 · 2012: 9

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John says he did not vote in 2000 even though he could have voted in Florida, and comically blames himself for George Bush. (00:00:40)
  • 2007-01-23 · Week 1 Condensed! — John says he didn't recycle until he watched An Inconvenient Truth and is still iffy on it, and didn't vote in 2000 though he could have in Florida, comically blaming himself for George Bush. (00:02:50)
  • 2007-03-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. — John asks Hank whether Brotherhood 2.0 should endorse a presidential candidate and, if so, whether in the primary. (00:02:19)
  • 2007-06-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating — John asks who Hank will vote for in 2008 if not Obama; he concedes Obama has a problem with liquid coal but says others have more serious problems. (00:00:41)
  • 2007-06-02 · June 1: Barack Saabama — Hank says Brotherhood 2.0 may not be able to endorse a candidate in the 2008 elections because the brothers might not vote for the same person. (00:00:09)
  • 2007-06-08 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank notes forum discussions about the Evil Baby Orphanage and the presidential election, and says he will never again lack book suggestions. (00:01:46)
  • 2007-08-10 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — Hank announces he will choose whom to vote for by anagramming the candidates' names, with John's An Abundance of Katherines in mind. (00:00:58)
  • 2007-08-10 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — The local election near Chicago got Hank thinking about the coming national election; he is scared and doesn't know who to vote for, though the brothers are 'supposed to be Obama guys'. (00:00:58)
  • 2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John answers Hank's Friday video on feud topics, which included the 2008 presidential election: Hank is mostly for John Edwards, John mostly for Barack Obama. (00:00:00)
  • 2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John believes politics, especially presidential politics this cycle, matter, but that smart, thoughtful people can honestly disagree, which is why there are Republican and Democratic nerdfighters. (00:00:39)
  • 2007-10-10 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank does not want the presidential election to be a game of chance like poker, judging who looks confident or bluffing; all he cares about is what is on the cards. (00:00:48)

2008

  • 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says lacking health insurance is one more reason he is leaning strongly toward the left in the upcoming election. (00:01:20)
  • 2008-06-04 · VEEPSTAKES! — John notes it is Wednesday, June 4, the day after Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination for president; the open question is his running mate. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-06-04 · VEEPSTAKES! — John introduces ten of the most likely running mates for Barack Obama in 2008, giving an upside and a downside for each. (00:00:46)
  • 2008-06-17 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — Hank announces that he and John are starting a temporary project, Obama's Idiots, about the 2008 presidential race, at youtube.com/obamasidiots. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — The November 4 stop is an Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. (00:02:56)
  • 2008-09-25 · Obama llama Duck — Hank says he and John, still following the presidential campaigns, are both taking part in YA for Obama, where authors for young people write why they are voting for Obama. (00:02:41)
  • 2008-10-10 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — Hank says he and John are on YouTube's front page with a video made with Politico in response to the latest presidential debate, and recommends it. (00:03:17)
  • 2008-10-16 · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — Hank playfully says that despite the presidential election he can only think about Paper Towns, whose release is on the scale of buying his first house. (00:01:56)
  • 2008-10-28 · Early Voting with Hank — Hank says he just voted early, filling in a ballot at a polling place, so the day feels to him like election day, November 4th. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-10-28 · Early Voting with Hank — Hank urges viewers of voting age who have not yet sent in an absentee ballot to just go vote. (00:02:20)
  • 2008-10-28 · Early Voting with Hank — Hank argues early voting needs no excuse anymore and removes the risk that something on November 4th keeps you from the polling place. (00:02:49)
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — They miss the Yeti but are coming home to her the next day for the Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. (00:02:18)
  • …and 3 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

2012

  • 2012-05-08 · Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote — John doesn't want to vote while sick, but after failing to vote in Florida in the 2000 presidential election he promised himself and his country he would always vote. (00:01:10)
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank asks viewers over 18 to vote for somebody, not caring whom they vote for. (00:02:41)
  • 2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit — John says government debt and deficits are among the biggest issues in global politics, especially in the US because of the presidential campaign and the looming fiscal cliff. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — Hank says America is about to pick its president; for non-Americans he made a separate video, joking that Americans who watch it are bad people. (00:01:12)
  • 2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — Hank announces that the Harry Potter Alliance and the Vlogbrothers are teaming up on DFTVA, 'Don't Forget to Vote, America', for anyone who cares about the election. (00:01:41)
  • 2012-11-06 · Spicy Summer Camp Story — Hank notes the US election is tomorrow, the brothers have talked about it in every video for the last four or so, and expects John to tomorrow, so today he tells a story instead. (00:00:01)
  • 2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — John's three-part guide to voting: wake at 6:22 a.m. anxious, research your polling place and all the races (link in the doobly-doo), then go vote. (00:00:41)
  • 2012-11-08 · The 51st State — Hank calls the election one for the history books: the first female amputee in Congress, first female Asian American senator, first openly gay senator, first second term for a black president, and first legalizations of recreational marijuana and gay marriage. (00:00:00)