Gerrymandering
The Art of Drawing Districts. Gerrymandering is one of the most hotly debated topics in American politics. North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, and Wisconsin in recent […]
Campaigns and Elections
The Boys on the Bus
The 1972 Campaign Book is one of the best. This excerpt below is from Timothy Crouse’s book covering the 1972 presidential campaign. Crouse, a writer […]
National Popular Vote
A way to circumvent the Constitution? Abolishing the Electoral College would require an amendment to the Constitution. Constitutional Amendments are extremely rare and very difficulty […]
Super PACs: Stewart & Colbert
Super PACs and Political Parody. Super PACs were made possible by the Citizens United decision. Super PACs may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties, […]
Federalist #68
Why the Electoral College? The Electoral College was designed as a mechanism to elect the President of the United States. While the founders arrived at […]