Electoral Dysfunction is a comedic documentary that follows Mo Rocca around the country to see how one of the most confusing voting systems in the world works. On his journey, he discovers voter fraud, photo ID laws, absentee voter controversy, and many political activists working to reform America’s voting laws. The documentary puts a comical twist on something serious and fundamental to our democracy. The documentary almost humoredly attacks the electoral college and our strange inconsistent voting system. Electoral Dysfunction came out in 2012 and it begs for reform from both Democrats and Republicans to fix our inconsistent, sometimes unfair and definitely confusing voting system.
The documentary is directed and written by David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, and Bennett Singer. It’s hosted by Mo Rocca who is an actor, writer, and producer. His accomplishments include a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and hosting The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation on CBS, among other things. It won the Telly Award for TV Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces in the Political/Commentary section.
Mo Rocca interviews all types of people from, democratic voters to republican senators. Some of the more familiar names are, Brandt …show more content…
One of them being that the American people don’t know how the electoral college works. Rocca went around and asked people where the electoral college is and many people were shaken and confused. This movie also proved that voter turnout is low but for very valid institutional reasons like voter ID laws. Another problem, battleground states receive all the attention. The political atmosphere is heightened in these states such as Indiana. Maybe citizens of other states would pay more attention if they received the same political attention as those swing states. All in all the movie discusses many problems with one straightforward but complex answer,
The documentary is directed and written by David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, and Bennett Singer. It’s hosted by Mo Rocca who is an actor, writer, and producer. His accomplishments include a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and hosting The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation on CBS, among other things. It won the Telly Award for TV Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces in the Political/Commentary section.
Mo Rocca interviews all types of people from, democratic voters to republican senators. Some of the more familiar names are, Brandt …show more content…
One of them being that the American people don’t know how the electoral college works. Rocca went around and asked people where the electoral college is and many people were shaken and confused. This movie also proved that voter turnout is low but for very valid institutional reasons like voter ID laws. Another problem, battleground states receive all the attention. The political atmosphere is heightened in these states such as Indiana. Maybe citizens of other states would pay more attention if they received the same political attention as those swing states. All in all the movie discusses many problems with one straightforward but complex answer,