Understanding the US Election: A Reading List
WEB3 days ago · Ellen Fitzpatrick. In The Highest Glass Ceiling, best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick tells the story of three remarkable women who set their sights on the American presidency. Victoria Woodhull (1872), Margaret Chase Smith (1964), and Shirley Chisholm (1972) each challenged persistent barriers confronted by women presidential candidates.
American Elections | Political Science | MIT OpenCourseWare
WEBThis course provides an overview of electoral politics in the United States, covering presidential, congressional, state, and local elections. It covers the development of American elections over time, electoral rules and institutions, the macro-structural forces shaping electoral outcomes, the key organizations …. Show more.
A crash course on voting and the US political system
WEBA crash course on voting and the US political system. The Electoral College, gerrymandering — and more! These talks answer your questions and simplify the confusing landscape of the US political system. (For more voting information specific to your location, please visit https://www.vote.org) Watch now. Add to list.
How Democracies Die: US Democracy Three Years After Trump's Election
WEBNov 18, 2019 · How Democracies Die: US Democracy Three Years After Trump's Election. Steven Levitsky gave the first public lecture of his Andrew D. White professorship on Nov. 7, 2019. He spoke on the subject of his recently published book, "How Democracies Die," co-authored with Daniel Ziblatt.
WEBWhat’s at Stake in 2020. 2020 is a presidential election year, but in addition to the presidency and vice presidency, many other elections will occur (not all in November). National. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. 35 of 100 seats in …
Lecture Notes | American Elections - MIT OpenCourseWare
WEB17.263F20 American Elections, Lecture Slides 9: Fundamental Factors in General Elections. MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
Autopsy of an Election: What We Lost, What We Won, and
WEBHow should we make sense of this last presidential election? Is political violence increasing? Who are the winners and losers? Ahead of the presidential inauguration, Professor Francis will reflect on the lessons of the 2024 election and will point to possibilities to reimagine a more just future. Registration opens on December 12, 2024.
WEBThis course will provide a broad overview of the logistics, mechanics, rules, and systems of elections in the United States. We will discuss whether different modes of elections affect voter turnout, result in partisan advantage, diminish voter confidence in election integrity, and a variety of other electoral outcomes.
National Elections and the Electoral College
WEBWhat is the basic constitutional framework for elections in the United States? When do they happen, and why? What is the Electoral College, and how does it work?
Election Law and Democracy - Harvard Law School
WEBThrough Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic, the first in-house law school clinic designed around the practice of election law; The Democracy and Rule of Law Clinic; and a range of courses, students can gain a strong theoretical grounding and direct hands-on experience in the law of democracy.
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