Videos

Hans von Spakovsky discussed the electoral college and he challenged a number of critiques that have been leveled against its use.

Harvard University Professor Alexander Keyssar offered his thoughts about the Electoral College. This virtual event was hosted by Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Viewers responded to the question “Should the Electoral College be abolished?”

The Supreme Court heard oral argument via teleconference on a case concerning Colorado electors and whether they can cast a vote for a person who did not win the state’s presidential popular…

On its final day of a special May session due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court heard oral argument via teleconference on a case concerning Washington electors and whether they can cast a…

The National Constitution Center held a panel discussion following Supreme Court oral argument in Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca. The two cases concern whether…

The Road to 270 was one of the second-prize high school east division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Raymond Baccari and Aydan Santos, twelfth graders at Trinity Academy for…

Lara Brown, author of Jockeying for the American Presidency, talked about the development of the presidential nominating system. She looked back to the Constitutional Convention to…

The Hill newspaper and the Making Every Vote Count Foundation hosted an event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., on the impact a national popular vote election would have on presidential…

The Hill newspaper and the Making Every Vote Count Foundation hosted an event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., on the impact a national popular vote election would have on presidential…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit heard oral argument in Baca v. Colorado Department of State. This case arose from the 2016 presidential election after a Colorado elector, Michael…

Oklahoma radio talk show host Trent England debated Democratic strategist Ted Trimpa about the electoral college versus the national popular vote in electing the president. Hadley Heath Manning…

New Mexico considered whether to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which requires members states to give all their Electoral College votes in a presidential election to the…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question “Should the Electoral College be abolished?”

Telephones and social media were open for responses to the question, “Should the Electoral College be abolished?”

National Popular Vote’s John Koza discussed his group’s effort to have states award all of their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote.

Professor Lawrence Lessig talked about a lawsuit he joined to challenge the Electoral College system. He spoke via video link from Cambridge, Massachusetts. The program was pre-empted by a four-minute…

In this portion of the Represent.us inaugural Unrig the System Summit, panelists focused on presidential elections. Representatives from three groups advocating for a national popular vote…

A panel of professors and authors debated and evaluated the Electoral College versus direct election of the president by popular vote. The Claremont Institute organized this discussion at the…

Trevor Potter, Bob Shrum, Leslee Sherrill, and others talked about potential electoral reform, including the Electoral College, redistricting, and voting rights.