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One of the main criticisms of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that in order to function properly it requires every state, including those not in the compact, to cooperate. If ju…

Whether or not the 2028 presidential campaign began on November 6, the day after the election, it’s fair to say it was already on some people’s minds. Particularly campaign strategists who are siftin…

Aside from perhaps a few voting stations ordered by courts to remain open past their scheduled close, voting in America ended in all fifty states (plus Washington, DC) by 1 a.m. Eastern time on Wedne…

We’re rapidly approaching election day, so it seems like good time to check a claim made by lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). Does it hold up to reality? The claim is …

My colleague Trent England recently explained how, if the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) were in effect, California could nullify the popular vote totals of small states simply by all…

I recently wrote about the threat to academic freedom posed by Confucius Institutes at American colleges and universities. For a fuller understanding, it’s worth knowing just how little freedom Chine…

One of the many defects in the National Popular Vote interstate compact is that it would be essentially impossible to conduct a full recount* if the national margin were close. This is because state …

My friends Michael Maibach and Tara Ross have both used the World Series to illustrate how the Electoral College works (an analogy earlier used by MIT physicist Alan Natapoff, another Electoral Colle…

I recently wrote about the problem of low turnout in mayoral races, which appears to be caused by scheduling them (many of them, at least) separately from elections for federal and state elections. M…