The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congresr to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. That is a wonderful representation and before we begin, i want to provide quick for the next couple august 4, please join us for the annual Supreme Court review would be Antidefamation League Frederick Lorenz and it will be a wonderful discussion of the important pieces of th cases ofm inferencing must tell you what a great pleasure on august 2 26th house circumstances permitting will open up our new exhibit how women won the vote about the 19th amendment as it is relevant to todays topic that examine exhibit about the history of the expansion of womens suffrage at workteam is hard glimmering behind me on the backdrop of. Throughout the program please put your questions in a box and they will introduce them as sooe as possible. Now it is my great pleasure to introduce our phenomenal
Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Rather than the Current Electoral College system. The hill newspaper in the making every Vote Count Foundation hosted this event. Good morning, everyone. We are on cspan and also Live Streaming on the making every vote count facebook page. I want you all to behave. The Electoral College is a disaster for democracy. Thats not me speaking. Thats donald trump or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you win. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore confidence in democracy. This is the one that can be easily and quickly remedie
Popular vote in the United States president ial elections. Rather than the Current Electoral College system. The hill newspaper in the making every Vote Count Foundation hosted this event. Good morning, everyone. We are on cspan and also Live Streaming on the making every vote count facebook page. I want you all to behave. The Electoral College is a disaster for democracy. Thats not me speaking. Thats donald trump or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you win. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore confidence in democr
So it is my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with the popular vote. Bob. Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm orenstein, michael steele. Bianca carmen. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Not surprisingly North Carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. But the first question would be if we did change the system and, norm, ill start with you. What would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large states. And i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said awfully close in terms of popular votes. Then every vote would count, and candidates would have an incentive to try and maximize the turnout even in places like north dako