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Why Your Vote Doesn't Count
CGP Grey · 10 HN recommenders · 10 recommendation months
Recommended by 10 Hacker News commenters across 10 months (2015–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 20 other explainer videos tagged US politics & elections, the mean is 3.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 10 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.7× that mean. Recommendations span 10 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 3.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 20 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 6 minutes 31 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2011-03-09.
- Channel / speaker
- CGP Grey
- Verified runtime
- 6m 31s
- YouTube upload date
- 2011-03-09
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in US politics & elections. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why Your Vote Doesn't CountCurrent video | 10 | 10 | 50% | — | 6m 31s | 2011-03-09 |
| Why Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad Ideaexplainer · Tom Scott | 11 | 11 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 12m 1s | 2019-12-09 |
| The Voting System That Should Replace Every Electionexplainer · CGP Grey | 7 | 7 | 47% | No recorded overlap | 4m 27s | 2011-04-07 |
| The Voting System That's Actually Too Good for Politicians to Allowexplainer · CGP Grey | 7 | 7 | 39% | No recorded overlap | 6m 47s | 2014-10-22 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies”. Its short rationale: Great explainer on how FPTP leads to binary politics.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency”. Its short rationale: Shows FPTP practically guarantees a two-party system over time.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Forward: An alternative US political party”. Its short rationale: Great explainer on why only two parties survive under FPTP.