All statements about United States presidential election
131 statements about United States presidential election in 69 videos, by upload date.
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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. (playful) — 00:00:40
- 2007-03-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. — ask: John asks Hank whether Brotherhood 2.0 should endorse a presidential candidate and, if so, whether in the primary. — 00:02:19
- 2007-03-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions — Hank says the brothers cannot keep politics out of Brotherhood 2.0: both are politically active, and not talking about politics would be lying. (hedged) — 00:00:35
- 2007-03-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions — Hank, agreeing with a commenter, says it is too early to endorse a presidential candidate because the primary field may not be complete; he would wait and see. (hedged) — 00:00:35
- 2007-03-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions — Hank floats the idea of an unnamed, well-known potential candidate waiting for the others to tear each other apart, who for a year and a half has given no firm answer on running. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:35
- 2007-05-31 · 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
- 2007-06-01 · 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. (hedged) — 00:00:09
- 2007-06-07 · 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
- 2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — Hank: 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'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:58
- 2007-08-09 · 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. (joke, hedged) — 00:00:58
- 2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — Hank recalls the brothers' Obama-Edwards argument: Brotherhood 2.0 hasn't endorsed a candidate because Obama 'has a problem with coal', which apparently doesn't bother John. — 00:00:45
- 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. (hedged) — 00:00:39
- 2007-10-09 · 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
Also named in: Week 1 Condensed!
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
- 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: 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! — announcement: John: The November 4 stop is an Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. — 00:02:56
- 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — announcement: 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
- 2008-10-07 (said on 2008-10-08, implied) · Hank on the Debate — announcement: Hank's description says John is also posting a debate video and Hank will then post his regular video, making three videos that day. — video description
- 2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — announcement: 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 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · 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. (playful) — 00:01:56
- 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · 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. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — ask: 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 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · 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 — announcement: John: They miss the Yeti but are coming home to her the next day for the Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. — 00:02:18
- 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — John, in Indianapolis after a Nerdfighter event, watches election returns and says it is too early to say anything. — 00:00:00
- 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — John says he hates election night and would like to be able to sleep. — 00:00:00
- 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — ask: Hank hopes all viewers 18 or older voted today, calling it a historic day. (hedged) — 00:01:15
Also named in: People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes, Sarah Palin: An Introduction, John Green on the Debate, Hanks actual Vlog, On Loving One Another or Dying
2009
- 2009-07-05 · Sarah Palin Resigning! Four Possible Reasons Why — John says the commentators' theory that Palin quit to run for president makes no sense: she did not quit to run for vice president, so why quit three years before the election. — 00:01:15
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! — ask: Hank asks viewers over 18 to vote for somebody, not caring whom they vote for. — 00:02:41
- 2012-09-21 · You. Must. Vote. — Hank says that, from his perspective, the only wrong vote is no vote, and almost all the reasons people give him for not voting are terrible. — 00:00:05
- 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! — announcement: 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. (playful) — 00:01:12
- 2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — announcement: 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
- 2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — ask: Hank asks viewers to spread the DFTVA graphic far and wide so everyone who can will vote, to do their civic duty, and to post it everywhere, especially on election Tuesday. — 00:01:41
- 2012-11-05 · Spicy Summer Camp Story — announcement: 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
- 2012-11-05 · Spicy Summer Camp Story — ask: Hank: Giving the story's 'moral', Hank asks viewers to vote if they can, to photograph themselves at their polling place or with a ballot for a free DFTVA sticker, and to make sure everyone they know votes. — 00:03:34
- 2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — recommendation: 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. (playful) — 00:00:41
- 2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — ask: John: Speaking as a former non-voter, John asks viewers to vote, promising they will never regret it. — 00:01:35
- 2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — John says the moral of his spicy summer camp story is also: vote. (playful) — 00:03:09
- 2012-11-07 · 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
- 2012-11-07 · The 51st State — Hank thanks everyone who voted on 6 November 2012 in the US and Puerto Rico and asks all to proceed toward a more perfect union, however many states it has. — 00:03:36
Also named in: Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins
2015
- 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — John: On Tuesday, August 10th, 2015, John says the next US presidential election is just 454 days away. — 00:00:00
- 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — John illustrates the length: a baby conceived tonight will be born and be six months old before the US elects a president. (playful) — 00:00:06
- 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — John says the US is in the middle of a 22-month, multi-billion-dollar presidential campaign but hasn't had a long-term bill to fund highways in four years. — 00:02:33
- 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — John: So John is not paying attention to the so-called presidential campaign yet; he doesn't criticize those who do, noting much great organizing and activism around the candidates. — 00:02:41
- 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — announcement: John's pledge: he will begin caring about the US presidential election 100 days before Indiana's May 3rd primary; if Donald Trump is still a candidate on January 23rd, 2016, he will think about Trump for the first time. — 00:03:03
- 2015-09-04 · Addicted to Outrage — Hank: Curbing his own outrage has made Hank sensitive to outrage peddlers on both sides, who already sicken him; with the 2016 presidential season starting far too early, he's building armor. — 00:01:59
- 2015-10-23 · Benghazi: Explained — Hank says that, close to the 2012 election, Obama didn't want to talk about letting a terrorist attack happen and waited weeks before using the word 'terrorist'. (doubtful: weeks) — 00:03:58
2016
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John: Asked whom he will vote for, John says he is not paying attention to the so-called presidential election until 100 days before Indiana's primary, and will enjoy his last few days of not thinking about it. — 00:01:02
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John says that, as far as he can tell, presidential debates now exist to sell expensive advertising on cable news networks, and at that they are very effective. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:39
- 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — Hank: Asked whether he is stressed about the presidential race, Hank says yes. — 00:02:55
- 2016-03-11 · The Politics of "Parks and Rec" — Hank says Americans find this ever harder, and it will get harder the deeper the country gets into this election season. — 00:03:01
- 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says that in Missouri's primaries last week (week of 14 March 2016) Trump beat Cruz statewide by about .19 percent and Clinton beat Sanders by a similar margin. — 00:00:21
- 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — ask: John says it is important to pay attention to the language of people who are or want to be our leaders, especially in an election season. (hedged) — 00:02:56
- 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — Hank stresses that, however intense or pressing this election seems, every election is important. — video description
- 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John: To the most common concern, not wanting to choose the lesser of two evils, John says most states will have more than two candidates on the presidential ballot. — 00:00:17
- 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John says you're not just voting for president: down-ballot races for senators, congresspeople, state legislators and school boards are extremely important to your community. — 00:00:35
- 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John says 57.5% of eligible American voters voted in the 2012 election, while 99% of millionaires did. — 00:02:07
- 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — ask: John asks everyone eligible to vote in the US to become a registered, informed voter and make their voice heard, especially if it's hard. — 00:03:25
- 2016-08-12 · AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park — Hank says with no signal you check the news back at the hotel and learn Donald Trump has again said something disgusting and inexcusable that somehow hasn't disqualified him from the presidency. — 00:01:33
- 2016-08-12 · AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park — Hank says he really loves the country, though it is harder in election years, when Americans demonize each other so hard that everyone ends up looking like demons. — 00:02:13
- 2016-08-12 · AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park — Hank says this election looks a lot worse than the last one, and he feels particularly discouraged. — 00:02:27
- 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says comparing Clinton's and Trump's tax plans first requires understanding the current US tax system, which is not uncomplicated. — 00:00:11
- 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — ask: John urges viewers who are unregistered or unsure to check at youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate, since many states' registration deadline is today, and to vote. — 00:10:18
- 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election — Hank thanks John for his tax video: thinking about policy this election has been hard, but the strong interest in it shows people still care about policy, not just personality and demonizing. — 00:00:00
- 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election — Hank says he is voting for Hillary Clinton, not only because he thinks Trump treats the world as a game to win at any cost and would raise the (still low) odds of apocalypse, but because she has done much good and he relates to her. (hedged) — video description
- 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election — Hank says he has no doubt that in the fullness of time we will move past this and do that good work. — 00:03:41
- 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — recommendation: John recommends the Commonwealth Fund's tool comparing side by side what Clinton and Trump propose for the health care system's problems. — video description
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Bush received about 3 million more votes than Kerry across the country in 2004. — 00:00:11
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Kerry lost Ohio by about 118,000 votes and would have been elected president had he won it. — 00:02:00
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John concludes the 2004 Ohio election was poorly run and fell short of democratic ideals, but did not steal the election from Kerry. — 00:03:17
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Smartmatic machines will be used in zero states in 2016. — 00:05:50
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says the US presidential election will not be rigged, any more than the 2004 one was. — 00:05:58
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says one major-party candidate loudly claims the election will be rigged, with widespread fraud, people voting ten times and undocumented immigrants voting, and that these are all simply lies. — 00:06:03
- 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — ask: John asks viewers who are eligible US voters to make their voice heard. — 00:06:49
- 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — ask: John asks eligible American voters to look up their polling place in the doobly-doo, check youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate for what to bring, and go vote. — 00:02:27
- 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — John goes to his polling place, having texted himself his sample ballot, and votes. — 00:02:43
- 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — John: On Election Day John admits he is nervous, first 'a little bit', then 'a lot bit'. — 00:02:52
- 2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John says more Americans appear to have voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, but Trump won most Electoral College votes and is president-elect. (hedged) — 00:00:05
- 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — Hannah Hart: Hannah says some people voted for Donald Trump to be president, and moreover 46% of people didn't vote at all. — 00:00:27
- 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — Hannah Hart: Hannah says it occurs to her that wishes are what got us here: wishing is what made 46% of the population not vote. (hedged) — 00:00:55
- 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — ask: Hannah Hart: Hannah asks viewers, while it is still safe, to have uncomfortable dinner conversations with family members who hold opposing political beliefs. — 00:02:32
- 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — ask: Hannah Hart: Hannah tells viewers to show such family members their Twitter feeds and the racism and violence already incited in 'Trump's America'. — 00:02:37
- 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — ask: Hannah Hart: Hannah tells viewers to show friends who didn't vote this, and if they say they didn't vote for Trump, to answer that they didn't vote at all and are guilty by association. — 00:02:51
- 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — Hannah Hart: Hannah cautions against wishful thinking: what we thought was enough isn't, so we can't cross our fingers for a more aligned Congress in two years; the conversations must start now. — 00:03:20
2017
- 2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) — Hank: Asked whether Bernie would have won, Hank sings that he doesn't know and nobody does; anyone sure is wrong, since it is too easy to be certain of the unprovable. (unsure) — 00:02:17
- 2017-03-31 · No Cut Confessional: Priorities — Hank says the election made him think many things need protecting and that he might not be doing a good job of making the world better in the best ways he can. (hedged) — 00:02:42
- 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) — John: None of this means the election was illegitimate (it wasn't) or that Trump didn't win (he did). — 00:02:31
2018
- 2018-04-27 · Finding Respite in 2018 — Hank: The study found that bedtime cortisol rose after the election in young people who didn't vote for Donald Trump, more so in women and non-dominant groups such as LGBT people and people of color. — 00:00:54
- 2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank: In 2000 Hank lived in Florida and voted in his very first presidential election. — 00:00:00
- 2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank: The 2000 contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore was decided by 537 votes in Florida. — 00:00:09
- 2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank: President Trump doesn't talk like that: before the 2016 election he repeatedly said Democratic Party plots would deprive him of victory. — 00:01:23
- 2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank: Even after winning, Trump said he lost the popular vote only because millions of undocumented immigrants voted; Hank calls it lies told because they sounded good. (doubtful: millions) — 00:01:31
- 2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election — Hank says Trump lied about undocumented immigrants voting, Pennsylvanians voting multiple times and Massachusetts voters bussed to New Hampshire, and said in the campaign the only way to lose was cheating. — 00:02:16
2019
- 2019-02-05 · Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images — John says democracies are not immune: a completely fake photo of John Kerry with Jane Fonda at an anti-war rally was widely distributed during the 2004 presidential election. — 00:01:57
- 2019-09-03 · Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday — John: Asked about the 2020 presidential candidates, John says the multi-year obsession with the presidential election is bad for US life. — 00:02:26
- 2019-09-03 · Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday — John notes the US presidential election is over 450 days away, while Canada's last election cycle lasted 78 days and Canada seems fine; learning positions doesn't take 450 days. — 00:02:26
- 2019-12-27 · Why I'm Worried about 2020 — Hank says 2020 is an election year and will be stressful because of it; election years always are. — 00:01:10
2020
- 2020-09-11 · If you don't go… — Hank says the video is mostly for US citizens: in the US people decide things together by voting, from president and lawmakers to laws, judges, sheriffs and ballot initiatives. — 00:00:00
- 2020-09-11 · If you don't go… — Hank says people, himself included, tend to focus on the president, but every ballot holds many other items with huge impact. — 00:00:00
- 2020-09-11 · If you don't go… — ask: Hank asks viewers to watch their state's video with pen and paper and write a voting plan: registration date, when to decide, and whether to vote by mail, early or at the polls on November 3. — 00:01:56
- 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John interrupts the video to go vote and returns having voted, with a sticker. — 00:01:50
- 2020-10-23 · 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW — ask: Hank: Ten days before the US general election, Hank encourages everyone to vote right now, or, where they must wait, to make a plan now for when and how to vote on November 3rd. — 00:00:00
- 2020-10-23 · 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW — Hank: Reason nine: this big election will and should be read as a judgment on the last four years, internationally and in how we treat each other; we vote for a story, not just people. — 00:02:26
- 2020-10-27 · The time I met Joe Biden — ask: The description asks viewers to make a plan to vote at vote.org and make sure their friends have a plan too. — video description
- 2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: His son was born in the days before the 2016 election, which Hank was very worried about, so many searches are about Donald Trump. — 00:01:27
- 2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: Like Orin's head size, the laptop story had little data: the story was really our anxiety, and worry about the worry was legitimate, since it could lead people to faulty judgments lived with for years. — 00:01:56
- 2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank says he looked up these searches because he doesn't know how to handle this moment; this will be a rough weekend for him. — 00:03:05
- 2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank is very worried about the election, but says it will not end the pandemic, injustice and inequality, conspiracy theory, hyper-partisanship, or people's fear, anxiety and anger. — 00:03:05
- 2020-11-03 · Alaska for Looking — ask: John: On election day John asks those eligible to vote in the United States to do so, and points to vote.org to find their polling place. — 00:00:00
- 2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — Hank: A few weeks after his second book came out Hank started a new project, then stopped, feeling he could not write it until after the election because the world would differ so much depending on the result. — 00:00:00
- 2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — Hank says he is not claiming the election doesn't matter: it matters tremendously in many ways for many people. — 00:00:29
- 2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — Hank thinks that if Biden is ultimately elected, many people will see it as a failure of Trumpism. (hedged) — 00:00:58
- 2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — Hank says the rift, crafted over decades and deeper than many of its crafters hoped, was never going to be filled in one election; his hope that it would was faulty. — 00:01:27
- 2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — Hank thanks everybody who took part in the political process this time: it doesn't always feel great, but it is vital. — 00:03:00
2024
- 2024-01-05 · I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts — Hank is certain Donald Trump will be on the ballot in November, which puts him way too close to being president again, something absolutely possible. — 00:01:03
- 2024-10-25 · I Don't Want them to Get Away With It… — The description says no one in history could focus on only one problem, so whatever the extremely close election's outcome, we must keep fighting for a better world. — video description
- 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — Hank: With the election six days away, Hank says it is very hard to think about anything else, and also very hard to think about it. — 00:01:27
- 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: John says he wants people to vote; Hank says he has been doing his best on that front. — 00:01:52
- 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John says Hank is not being silly: this is a very consequential presidential election. — 00:02:22
- 2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — ask: John: On US election day, John asks viewers to vote if they can; he already did. — 00:00:00
- 2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — Hank says a lot of the maps we see around elections are kind of lying to us. — 00:00:00
- 2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — In a channel comment Hank clarifies that Trump got way more votes than in 2020 and Harris way fewer than Biden: the swing was decisive and national. — creator comment
- 2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — Hank shows a graph spread widely on Twitter to suggest Joe Biden got oddly many votes in 2020, as if many were fake. — 00:00:13
- 2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — Hank says the election was long, stressful and a long fight; it is done now, and at least we know what we're facing. (hedged) — 00:05:49
Also named in: My Ballot Made Me Angry
2026
- 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank recalls Pizzagate, and Donald Trump being elected president just days after Hank's son was born, which he found weird. — 00:01:30
- 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank says early in 2016 mainstream outlets' top election content far outperformed misinformation, but in the election's last three months top fake stories on Facebook got more views, shares and comments than major outlets' top stories. — 00:02:28