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US politics & elections Videos Recommended on Hacker News (187)
US politics & elections is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 187 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 291 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
US politics: elections, presidents, Congress, campaigns, debates, polling, Trump, Obama, Democrats and Republicans, political speeches, C-SPAN clips, political commentary.
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0 mo on HNExclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
The Nation
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNBLM Founder Says They Are "Trained Marxists"
Tony Heller
0 HN recommender · 2020–2023
0 mo on HNGary Johnson booed at the Libertarian Debate for Supporting Driver's Licenses
ElmerMG727
0 HN recommender · 2018–2024
0 mo on HNViolence in the C.H.O.P
Seattle Police Department
0 HN recommender · 2020–2022
0 mo on HNJoe Biden Pressures Ukraine to Fire Prosecutor
PEN Media
0 HN recommender · 2020–2025
0 mo on HNDonald Trump on ISIS - "I would bomb the SHIT out of 'em!"
America First
0 HN recommender · 2016–2017
0 mo on HNPresident Reagan, Mastermind - SNL
Saturday Night Live
0 HN recommender · 2019–2025
0 mo on HNGuam will Capsize and Tip Over into the ocean Hank Johnson
Andrew's Arcade
0 HN recommender · 2014–2024
0 mo on HNGERMANS LAUGH AT TRUMP when he warns "Germany will become totally dependent Russian energy" UN 2018
EXTREME POLITICAL HISTORY - VIDEO PODCAST & JOKES
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNBush "Fool Me Once..."
godsroundtable
0 HN recommender · 2009–2018
0 mo on HNTrump Bombshell Montage - Walls Are Closing In (no collusion)
Wired4Fun
0 HN recommender · 2020–2024
0 mo on HN"Debate" American Style: Our Top Orators in Action
Peter Schiff
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023
0 mo on HNPelosi: "We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It"
PoliJAM
0 HN recommender · 2013–2018
0 mo on HNHow Fox News has shifted its coronavirus rhetoric
Washington Post
0 HN recommender · 2020–2025
0 mo on HNBill Clinton It Depends on what the meaning of the word is is
bamageddrain
0 HN recommender · 2017–2025
0 mo on HNMcCain Counters Obama 'Arab' Question
Associated Press
0 HN recommender · 2016–2020
0 mo on HNBarack Obama - Computer Science Question
weedipikia
0 HN recommender · 2013–2019
0 mo on HNThe Shortest-Splitline Algorithm: a Gerrymandering Solution [Bonus Video]
CGP Grey
0 HN recommender · 2012–2017
0 mo on HNNoam Chomsky - Why Does the U.S. Support Israel?
Chomsky's Philosophy
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HNInnovation Agenda | Barack Obama | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
0 HN recommender · 2008–2016
0 mo on HNTrump Vs. Biden: Tech Policy
a16z
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNGermany is 'totally controlled' by Russia, Trump says | Squawk Box Europe
CNBC International Live
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNBomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
mckathomas
0 HN recommender · 2015–2020
0 mo on HNMadeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom
ttj1776
0 HN recommender · 2016–2019
0 mo on HNThe Hillary Clinton Takeover of the United States
Steve Pieczenik
0 HN recommender · 2017–2020
0 mo on HNBarack Obama takes on 'woke' call-out culture: 'That's not activism'
Guardian News
0 HN recommender · 2020–2025
0 mo on HNWhy Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNAmi Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters
Fox News
0 HN recommender · 2016–2019
0 mo on HNThese are the most confusing questions Congress asked Zuckerberg
CNN Business
0 HN recommender · 2018–2020
0 mo on HNObama drinks Flint water
CNN
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNRobert Mueller on Iraq War and WMD's
IPA Media
0 HN recommender · 2018–2025
0 mo on HNA Conversation with Noam Chomsky on Trump, Capitalism, and the U.S. Role in the New Cold War
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong
0 HN recommender · 2020–2021
0 mo on HNThe Truth About Homelessness in San Francisco
Christopher F. Rufo
0 HN recommender · 2020–2023
0 mo on HNBernie Sanders: "Open borders? That's a Koch brothers proposal"
Vox
0 HN recommender · 2015–2026
0 mo on HNA politicians logic
TrabiRobert
0 HN recommender · 2017–2026
0 mo on HNThe Alt-Right Playbook: Never Play Defense
Innuendo Studios
0 HN recommender · 2019–2024