Virginia was the site of the first gerrymander in 1789. Now, Virginia voters get a chance to help make today’s maps the last gerrymander that the Old Dominion ever sees. Before next week’s elections, ask candidates to support reform. To help, Princeton Gerrymandering Project has a new report. PGP’s new report describes how gerrymandering can […]
Entries from October 26th, 2019
What’s at stake next week in Virginia: Redistricting Reform
October 26th, 2019, 12:41pm by Sam Wang
Tags: 2020 Election · Princeton · Redistricting
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