How powerful is the President?

The Shapley-Shubik power index can be very useful for determining the power of an individual. Here we learn what the S-S Index is, and how it can be applied to real-life politics in the United States system.

Created for 'Hidden order in daily life: a mathematical perspective'. A Common Core course at the University of Hong Kong.

[Retrofire-]

Nice job! I've been looking for more educational channels.

[MindYourDecisions]

This is a wonderful video and I enjoyed the follow-up on coalitions as well! I was curious: are there any references for the calculations? I was particularly curious for the source of the calculation of the President's power compared to a representative (173 times) and a senator (37 times). Thanks!

[MrDimgo]

Very cool! The sequence at 2:00 was a little hard to follow. But other than that it was interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[ALLenROOK]

Did the presidential veto power get factored in? Would that not shift the power even further having a 66% vote majority requirement (4% of veto's have ever gotten through).

[thisismyname]

Unfortunately this vid focuses on just one tiny avenue of a president's "power", so it's not really usefully to how powerful he is overall. In regards to the president's influence over legislation though it's not a bad overview.

[spoonstraw]

Sorry if I missed something but I’m pretty sure the president cannot vote in the house or senate

[chris_yang]

This doesn't factor other elements of the POTUS' power such as being commander in chief, his role as the chief executive officer of the federal government, fair amount of control of foreign affairs and ability to issue executive orders. A fair criticism of your analysis is it's purely mathematical.