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 […]
Campaigns and Elections
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 […]
Campaigns and Elections
Multiple-Choice Questions. To assess your knowledge and skills in government and politics answer these sample multiple-choice questions. The correct answers will appear below the questions. […]
Dan Rather’s Late Night
Post-Witching Hour One-liners. The 2000 presidential race was “tight as a tick,” Dan Rather might say. The Texas native and career CBS reporter was always […]