Videos

Political analysts and pollsters analyzed voter turnout and impact in the 2012 election. Dan Glickman posed ten questions, and the panelists then responded. Ron Brownstein in his analysis sa…

Curtis Gans talked about voter turnout trends in recent elections, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included who votes and why, and his prediction fo…

Michael Malbin moderated a panel on campaign finance reform. Among the issues addressed were recent scandals involving lobbying efforts, avenues for campaign fundraising, and the amounts of …

Members of a bipartisan panel spoke about changes in the presidential nominating process. Among the topics the participants discussed were the creation of a better process; ending of frontlo…

Telephone lines were opened for viewers to share their comments and views on if Republicans should name Senator Arlen Specter as the Judiciary Chair. Participating by telephone, Guest, Curti…

Mr. Gans and Ms. Vigil-Giron talked about absentee balloting practices, the history of U.S. election procedures, differences in state election laws, and the prospects for a close, and possib…

Mr. Gans talked about how many Americans vote in elections, how the number has changed over the years, and how the U.S. compares to the voting population in other democracies. He spoke about…

Curtis Gans, Director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, talked about the results of the 2002 midterm elections. Among the topics he addressed were levels of voter pa…

Mr. Gans talked about voter turnout in the 2002 elections and responded to viewer comments and questions.

Voters, representatives of advocate groups, and voting technology experts testified about the November 2000 presidential election controversy in Florida.

In a panel discussion titled “Election 2000: A Cycle of Mutual Neglect,” participants talked about the degree to which candidates engaged youth voters. Among the topics they addressed were c…

Senator’s McConnell, Torrecilli and others talked to reporters about proposed legislation to reform the nation’s election laws. They proposed the Election Reform Act, which would create an E…

Participating via telephone Curtis Gans and Tim Storey discussed voter turnout in the 2000 elections. They also talked about the redistricting of the states using the latest census statistic…

The panelists talked about public reaction to “front-loading” primary election dates, or setting early dates for primaries in the presidential election year. These primary dates were origina…

The League of Women Voters hosted a discussion on voting by mail. Participants spoke about how voting by mail could impact elections around the nation and examined how it could increase vote…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

News events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes, and ema…

Speakers supported a proposal calling on television networks to offer free prime-time airings to the presidential candidates.

Committee members heard testimony on ways to decrease voter fraud and increase voter participation, including such issues as telephone and electronic voting, early voting, absentee votin…

House Elections Committee members heard testimony on ways to decrease voter fraud and increase voter participation, including such issues as telephone and electronic voting, early voting, ab…