{"id":5638,"date":"2015-04-11T06:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T10:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2015-04-04T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T17:18:10","slug":"congressional-elections-crash-course-government-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=5638","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. But he isn\u2019t going to focus on presidential elections, but instead those of the strongest part of our government: congressional elections. Craig will talk about the frequency of elections in the Senate and House, typical characteristics of a candidate, and the motivating factors our congresspeople follow to get re-elected.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qxiD9AEX4Hc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support is provided by Voqal:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.voqal.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voqal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.voqal.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashCourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashC&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse<\/a><br \/>\nTumblr &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nInstagram &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thecrashcourse\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thecrashcourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/thecrashcourse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. 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