Today we are going to start a week of starting specifically prof. Curry today we are going to start a week of starting specifically about the Electoral College, what it is, how it works, why its important, why most political scholars hate the Electoral College. With the book, hopefully you have read most of that if not all of it, you get an argument against the Electoral College but its a useful book because , he lays out all of the common arguments for it as well, which i think is helpful for allowing each person to make up their own mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. I do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president , but very few americans understand the process. If you take a course in the american presidency, you should probably walk away understanding how this process works. But also because its really important in how it structures how elections turnout. Just like how we started our discussions of president ial nominations by
Against the Electoral College. It is useful because it lays out all of the common arguments for it as well. Which is helpful for allowing each person to make up their mind about what they think about this institution genuinely speaking. I do a whole week on this americansry few understand the full extent of the process. If you take a course on the american presidency should probably walk away understanding how this process is used to select how our chief executive officer works. Also because of how it structures have elections turns out. Just like how we started our discussion on president ial nominations by talking about the history and processes and a deep dive into the process rules, the rule nominations today. We should start a president ial election the same way by taking on how we select a president. Youre reading for this week was George C Edwards book on why the Electoral College is bad for america. It is in its third edition, after all. In the book, edwards explains how the El
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County remains in the yellow tier tonight but that may be changing soon meantime Contra Costa County has moved from the orange tier to the more restrictive red tier an increase in cases and hospitalizations is the cause for both instances for the first time in weeks not a single california county is moving forward in the states reopening system. Contra costa counties actually moved from the orange here back to the more restrictive red tier kron fours dan kerman has more on the restrictions there everything from Retail Stores to Fitness Centers will be impacted by contra costa. Countys latest round of rollbacks and its all due to an increase in covid19 weve seen or cases go up about 25 over the last couple weeks and our test go up as well and most concerning weve seen our hospital numbers of patients in the hospital due to covid. More than double from less than 20 patients to more than 40 the move from orange back to red means beginning this friday Retail Stores will be limited to 50 ca
Welcome, everyone, to our second class. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight, the making of the president 2020, better known as the political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different and yet related topics the first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part, id like to look at a few of the more recent president ial elections. So were going to start with this, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dahlic, a well known president ial historian. He writes, the 20th century saw an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers, primarily due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men who served in the office Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, franklin dellano roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, lyndon baynes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, professor dahlics analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some