U.S. Presidential Elections
Still scratching your head about the way the United States elects a president? C-Span Classroom has put together a lesson with 8 short background video clips to help students with this complicated question. To put the videos in context, be sure to note when they were recorded (their 'air dates'). Some of the dates are before the results of the November 8, 2016 election were known.
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Monday, December 12, 2016
The Electoral College and the U.S. Presidential Election
NPR’s Weekend Edition of last Saturday spoke with Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Harvard Law School, about his activity giving advice to members of the Electoral College who want to know whether the Constitution allows them to vote for a candidate other than the one for which they pledged to vote. The short answer - yes, according to Lessig. 4 min 33 sec, transcript available.
NPR’s Weekend Edition of last Saturday spoke with Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Harvard Law School, about his activity giving advice to members of the Electoral College who want to know whether the Constitution allows them to vote for a candidate other than the one for which they pledged to vote. The short answer - yes, according to Lessig. 4 min 33 sec, transcript available.
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