Which candidate is best in a given presidential race?
In 2007 John backed Barack Obama while Hank favored John Edwards for his environmental policy, until John moved to equal support for both. By 2008 both brothers backed Obama over McCain. In 2016 Hank called Donald Trump despicable, and John praised Biden in 2020 and in 2022 said he was glad he voted for him.
Axis: categorical (a named candidate); strength runs from mild preference to endorsement
Positions by date: 23 records in 21 videos. shift and revise mean the position moved; tension — disagreement with the other speaker.
John
| date | how | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-01 | first on record | John thinks Brotherhood 2.0 should endorse in the primary, naming Barack Obama. | Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. 00:02:19 |
| 2007-05-31 | tension | John disputes Hank's dismissal of Barack Obama for 2008: liquid coal is a problem, but Obama is smart and John values intelligence. | Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating 00:00:41 |
| 2007-06-06 | tension | John welcomes Hank's McCain retraction but says Hank is still underestimating Obama. | June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants 00:01:35 |
| 2007-10-08 | tension | John, mostly for Obama against Hank's Edwards, says he likes Edwards and could happily vote for him but prefers Obama a little for now. | October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns 00:00:39 |
| 2007-10-10 | shift | John moves from mostly Obama to equal support for Edwards and Obama. | October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns 00:00:39 |
| 2008-10-07 (said on 2008-10-08, implied) | restate | John says Obama beat McCain in the debate and handles the economy with more clarity. | John Green on the Debate 00:01:03 |
| 2020-10-27 | restate | John thinks Biden would be a fundamentally different president: listening with empathy, building teams of experts instead of concentrating power, leading with decency and humanity. | The time I met Joe Biden 00:02:55 |
| 2022-04-05 | restate | John happily voted for Joe Biden and is very glad he did. | Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? 00:01:27 |
Hank
| date | how | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-02 | tension | Hank, siding with a commenter against endorsing in the primary now, says it is too early to endorse anyone; wait and see. | Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions 00:00:35 |
| 2007-05-30 | tension | Hank grants that Obama is photogenic and well-spoken, but his support for coal-to-liquid technology turns Hank off. | May 30th: Ranavalona and Clean Coal 00:03:08 |
| 2007-06-01 | tension | Hank rejects John's defence of Obama: he would vote for Obama against Romney but might not against McCain, so Brotherhood 2.0 may not endorse a 2008 candidate. → refers to Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating | June 1: Barack Saabama 00:00:59 |
| 2007-06-05 | shift | Hank regrets his earlier McCain remark and says he is never actually going to vote for John McCain. → refers to June 1: Barack Saabama | Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum 00:02:35 |
| 2007-10-05 | tension | Hank recalls the brothers' Obama-Edwards disagreement: Obama's 'problem with coal' bothers Hank but apparently not John. | October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics 00:00:45 |
| 2007-10-05 | refine | Hank says he likes John Edwards a lot, finds Obama's priorities in a different order, and would vote for anyone of any party who brings in Al Gore on the environment. | October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics 00:03:08 |
| 2007-10-09 | tension | Hank objects to John calling Edwards a schmuck and to judging candidates by gut feeling rather than their plans. → refers to October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns | October 9th: The Feud Continues 00:00:10 |
| 2007-10-09 | restate | Hank says he is an Edwards man for his strong environmental policies, and would back the next strongest environmental record if Edwards loses the primary; Obama's global warming policy is weaker. | October 9th: The Feud Continues 00:01:17 |
| 2008-01-08 | refine | Hank says lacking health insurance is one more reason he leans strongly toward the left in the upcoming election. | Sledding and YouTube Tag 00:01:20 |
| 2008-04-10 | restate | Hank queues for hours to see Barack Obama, calls himself a pretty big fan and calls the speech amazing. | Barack John Obama Green 00:00:00 |
| 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) | restate | Hank says he and John are both taking part in YA for Obama, where authors explain why they are voting for Obama. | Obama llama Duck 00:02:41 |
| 2008-10-07 (said on 2008-10-08, implied) | restate | Hank rejects McCain's answer on sacrifice and praises Obama's call for energy saving and service. | Hank on the Debate 00:00:58 |
| 2011-12-21 | refine | Hank says Jon Huntsman, though far behind, is pretty much his favourite of the Republican field. | 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! 00:01:40 |
| 2016-04-22 | refine | Hank says something you will never hear on cable news: he does not know which plan is best for the country and its future. | Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! 00:07:01 |
| 2016-08-12 | restate | Hank says Donald Trump has once again said something disgusting and inexcusable that somehow hasn't disqualified him from seeking the presidency, and calls him a despicable man. | AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park 00:01:45 |
Background
| date | how | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-02-04 | background | Hank, calling Republicans in the White House his worst fear, weighs Clinton against Obama and says he and John are now Obama guys. (playful, hedged) | Obama Says Subscribe 00:02:31 |
| 2008-02-21 | background | John says he votes for the individual, not the party, and does not want to vote for any of the living Republican candidates. (playful) | People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes 00:02:22 |
| 2008-03-04 | background | John jokes he would drink a few drops of his own pee rather than vote for a current Republican candidate. (playful) | SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD 00:00:57 |
| 2008-09-26 | background | The song urges a vote for Barack Obama and says he will be the next president. (playful) | Obama Llama Song 00:00:02 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).