Here’s the first conversation in our series Fixing Bugs In Democracy. Yesterday, Federal Election Commission member Ellen L. Weintraub. Keep track of future events at election.princeton.edu/events. Coming up: Katie Fahey on Friday, April 10, and Dave Daley on Friday, April 17!
Entries Tagged as 'U.S. Institutions'
Fixing Bugs In Democracy: A Conversation with Ellen Weintraub
April 3rd, 2020, 11:55pm by Sam Wang
Tags: 2020 Election · Politics · U.S. Institutions
A Virtual Town Hall with Former FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub
April 2nd, 2020, 1:00am by Indraneel Purohit
Join us! Also, check out the rest of our Fixing Bugs in Democracy series: Katie Fahey, Dave Daley, and more. Lots happening this month at Princeton!
Tags: 2020 Election · Politics · Redistricting · U.S. Institutions
Harvard Law School panel on Electoral College
October 19th, 2019, 9:11am by Sam Wang
Great conference today on the Electoral College, hosted by the Harvard Law and Policy Review. An all-star cast – see the schedule! Also livecast here. My slides are available in PDF format here. Some of my marginal notes here.
Tags: 2008 Election · 2016 Election · 2020 Election · President · U.S. Institutions
Making Every Vote Count: How Would Electoral College Reform Change Campaigns?
October 7th, 2019, 11:12am by Sam Wang
Today I was on a panel with Steve Clemons of The Hill, Amanda Iovino, and Mark Penn on Electoral College reform. Interesting discussion. It was on C-SPAN Radio, and you can watch the full video here on Facebook Live. It may be broadcast on C-SPAN later. A later panel had some excellent guests: Jesse Wegman […]
Tags: President · U.S. Institutions
Mueller Report Book Club: Volume II, Obstruction of Justice, with Quinta Jurecic
May 17th, 2019, 11:39pm by Sam Wang
…and here’s our podcast on Volume II. Our guest is the incomparable Quinta Jurecic, of Lawfareblog.
Tags: 2016 Election · President · U.S. Institutions
Your weekend book club: The Mueller Report
May 10th, 2019, 9:26am by Sam Wang
Been meaning to pick up that Mueller Report, but gotten a little scare of its heft? Wondering what all the fuss is about? Concerned for your democracy? We have the answer for you! In the latest episode of Politics And Polls, Julian Zelizer launch our book club on the Mueller Report. This week we do […]
Tags: 2016 Election · President · Princeton · U.S. Institutions
The Electoral College: Origins, Consequences, and Flaws
January 27th, 2019, 11:14pm by Sam Wang
I have some thoughts on the Electoral College. I hope you don’t mind the Twitter format! You can also see a single-page version here thanks to ThreadReaderApp. Actually, no. For example, in 2016 the minimum number of jurisdictions needed to reach Hillary Clinton’s popular majority was 39 states plus DC. But let’s get serious. Let’s […]
Tags: President · U.S. Institutions
Fault Lines: an interview with Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse on their new book
January 10th, 2019, 7:44pm by Sam Wang
I got to discuss America’s political divide with my colleague Kevin Kruse, as well as his co-author – and my co-host Julian Zelizer. Julian and Kevin are co-authors of a new book on contemporary American history released this week, “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.” This was a good one – […]
Tags: U.S. Institutions
What you’re voting for today
November 6th, 2018, 8:22am by Sam Wang
You’re voting, right? Check your poll location and closing time. And you donated [PEC’s high-leverage picks] [NRSC]. And now, on Election Day, three cheers to those of you who are getting out the vote. Good luck – your country needs you! In addition to the House (final snapshot here) and Senate (final snapshot here, post-Kavanaugh […]
Tags: 2018 Election · House · Senate · U.S. Institutions
The Authoritarian Checklist – John Brennan / Peter Strzok update, August 2018
August 15th, 2018, 3:35pm by Sam Wang
John Brennan’s public service: -CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia -CIA chief of staff -Director of Terrorist Threat Integration Center -Director of National Counter terrorism Center -White House Homeland Security Adviser -CIA director -Briefed three presidents — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 15, 2018 I’ve left this topic alone for some time, but we must revisit […]
Tags: President · U.S. Institutions
