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and here's your Schmo toujours brought to you by political trends like

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that time george w bush brought back tie-dye [Bush wearing a tie-die shirt]

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heres our question as more states - ma critize and grow larger the general

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political trend has been to what and here are potential answers own personal [The question is written out]

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opinion i already loves dive right in and a federal government power is [Man diving into sand]

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distributed from the national government to local government so that they can [Local government taking a box of powers from the national government and runs off]

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make their own laws it's all fun and games until someone succeeds

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listen to south carolina a unitary government places most of the power in [South Carolina tips up a game board]

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the hands of the national government and the local governments are basically just

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smaller arms of the national government you know like little t-rex arm adorable [Toy t-rex waving its arms]

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so looking again at our answers is it a restrict political minorities through

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gerrymandering or better question what is gerrymandering gerrymandering is the

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act of resetting district lines in order to gain a political advantage in [District lines being erased]

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election legislators lob gerrymandering because it allows them to break up or [A new line is drawn in sharpie]

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concentrate a certain demographics vote however most countries don't actually

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give their legislators this power because you know they tend to abuse it

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we know you're absolutely shocked that politicians would abuse a power [Man pointing at the president]

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entrusted to them give you a second and get over it alright good good so are

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interested hey what about sea move from federal to unitary government well most

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states start out pretty small meaning it's easy for the national government to [US flag covers a map of the states]

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control things they don't begin with a federal system and then suddenly decide

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they want to stop delegate into local government it's the exact opposite of [The different governments connected]

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that actually which looks a lot like another answer see so from unitary to

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federal government yep this is actually how it happened the state grows larger

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and the people in charge as a national level realize they can't be bothered

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with voting on whether there should be a four-way stop sign if that one [People arguing over traffic signs]

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intersection in your town so they move toward a federal structure making some

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rules and then letting local governments do their own thing as long as they play

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by those rules so b is looking good are there any better answers well what about [Answer B is circled in green]

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deep limit candidate choices at the polls

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make elections easier well as states gets larger and democratize the trend is

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actually to make elections more fair and transparent that's a big part of [People at voting booths]

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democracy people limiting choices is a slippery slope you'll end up with the [Policeman stops a guy after he has voted]

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choices Emperor Maximilian or prison yeah D is not our answer last option

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is e raise the voting age well the general trend for states is a

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democratize and grow is to make it easier to vote not harder [Girl holding up 'I Voted' sign]

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take the US for example in the beginning there were like four guys who met all

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the qualifications to actually vote so it looks like our best answer is still [People disappear from the queue to vote]

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be watching your government grow up is always bittersweet you're proud of where [The Capitol appears across the US flag]

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it is now sure but you can still remember when it was an unwieldy unitary [The US crying on a couch]

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state that desperately needed a more streamlined system we promised ourselves

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we wouldn't cry [Parents start crying]

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