Justin Webb

Anttoni, sinä vastasit sen hieman, mutta kerro meille hieman lisää siitä, mitä maat voivat nyt tehdä, ja erityisesti republikaatit voivat nyt tehdä, mitä he eivät pystyneet tekemään. Se, mitä sinun täytyy tietää, on se, että Voneen oikeuksien tehtävä, joka tapahtui 1960-luvun virallisen oikeuksien jälkeen, oli käsitellyt, että maat pitäisivät laittaa kongressia ja alueita,

En muista, sinä tiedät tämän, mutta en muista, että onko siinä nimessä, että onko siellä sopimus, jossa jos on vaihtoehto, ettei sinä ole suunniteltava se, että se on se, että se on se, että se on se, että se on se.

We had a wider question, which I think is a really interesting one about all of this as well. It comes from Gareth Mottram. He's asked us this. Don't parties weaken their strongly held districts by slicing some of them away to their weaker districts, particularly dangerous for the Republicans? Now Gareth says he would have thought. So in a way it's not such a blow for the Democrats. Plus, what's the alternative to gerrymandered districts? Do any states have kind of completely un-gerrymandered districts?

Se ensimmäinen pointti on todella mielenkiintoinen, ei se, Anthony?

Just a follow up on all of this before we go to other subjects, Anthony. Dale has emailed americast.bbc.co.uk saying, I've always been curious about the vast sums spent on even very minor elections in the States. I was mostly curious about what the money is spent on. What do they do with it? I think this is a fascinating question. It's one that I've asked you in the past, because I just, particularly in an era where people don't watch television,

Ja se on niin helppoa, kuten Mariana aina sanoo, että asiat voivat mennä virallisesti ja saada asioita ihmisille vahvasti ja helposti. Mikä on maailmassa, mitä rahaa on kulunut? Kyllä, yleensä televisio oli suuri...

Ja vanhat ihmiset tuntuvat valitsemaan enemmän suurimmillaan, joten se on edelleen hyvä tapa saada heitä vastaan, ja se on edelleen kalliivista. Ja toinen asia, jonka minun mielestäni on tärkeää mainita, Anthony, on se, että se mahdollisesti tekee ison ero paikalliseen ekonomiin, kun valinta tapahtuu, iso valinta, ja paljon rahaa menee sisään.

Tämä on kestävää maa, ja se on kestävää yrittää saada 360 miljoonaa ihmistä. Mutta sitten se menee viimeiseen Dailin kysymykseen, eli onko se todella tarpeeksi? Joukkueella on merkityksiä, joita voit nähdä, kuinka monta tuntia säästät. Kuinka varma olet, että se toimii? Siksi vastaus on, ettei.

It can also, this is the other thing, Dale, it can also frighten off potential opponents, particularly at the primary level. I remember asking an incredibly naive question when I was first in DC, and actually a friend of mine, someone I'd been at college with, was a

I said to him, are you upset by all the money raising side of it, etc. He said, no, obviously not, because if I raise a sizable chunk, and it's publicly known that I've got X million in the bank, I will not be primaried, because nobody will think they could outspend me. For that reason, I'm safe in my seat. That really matters, doesn't it?

Ja tietenkin paljon tästä rahaa, jotta löydän ajatuksen rahaa, paljon rahaa tulee säästöistä, jotka ovat epäonnistuneita ainoastaan tietämään, missä he ovat, eikö ne ole, tai mitä se perusteli oli. Ja paljon on hyvin rauhallisia ihmisiä ja biljoneerit, jotka rahoittavat itseään, mutta myös rahoittavat muita ihmisiä, kun he haluavat niitä ihmisiä vahvistaa. Ja siellä on todella paljon sitä. Mutta siellä on myös...

And this is such a cultural difference between you and us. I mean, you probably know people, Anthony, who give to political parties and politicians or individual politicians when they want them to win, when they think they're... and give relatively small amounts. I don't think I know anyone. I think I've met anyone in Britain who's ever given money to a political party. And I don't think I'm unusual in that. And it's a big difference, isn't it?

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Hello, it's Justin in the worldwide headquarters of AmeriCast in London, England. And it is Mariana, aka Misinformation, sitting next to Justin. And it's Anthony across the Atlantic Ocean in Washington, D.C. And we've had these comments, haven't we, from one of Donald Trump's envoys, Paolo Zampolli, because he asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the World Cup. Now, it's quite a big deal, because Italy keep not qualifying for the World Cup. Even I know that. And other big tournaments. And they should qualify.