Two and a Half Months to Inaugurate a New President?

The U.S. presidential election is on the first Tuesday in November. The winner is sworn in at noon on January 20th (or 21st). Does it really have to take two and a half months to swear in a new president? Madeline Marshall and Jen Kirby explain. A Vox video.

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Well Done, America

American has voted. It hasn’t contained COVID-19, however, and many have voted by mail, so don’t expect election result tabulations tonight. Totals should be in by week’s end, but the presidential incumbent is astoundingly litigious, so the results will be contested in court. Does DC’s pandemic eviction ban apply to the White House?

God Save the Republic.

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The Electoral College Ensures Inequality

The Electoral College makes some Americans’ votes more powerful than others. That’s a feature, not a bug. The Founders intended that the votes of Southern slaveholders would count more than those of Northern voters, and their dead hands continue to throttle American democracy today. A Vox video explainer by Madeline Marshall and Adam Freelander.

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College Bowl

The Electoral College doesn’t have much of a football team, explains
John Hudak of the Brookings Institution.

Related:

“How the Electoral College Protected Slavery,” Paul Finkelman, History News Network

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Election Predictions

Every four years, media celebrities participate in America’s World Cup of punditry by predicting the winner of the U.S. presidential election. So how did they do?

America, You Done Good

We voted. Now we can get back to work.

Someone go tell that obstructionist, Tea-Party, do-nothing Congress.

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Hoopster-In-Chief

President Barack Obama played basketball with some pals in Chicago today, his Election Day custom. Thanks to his running dribbling mate, NBA great Scotty Pippen, his team won by 20 points. The election will be much, much closer.

Time to Choose: Hoops or Dancing Horse?

November 6, 2012. It’s time to decide between Barry, who likes basketball and bodysurfing, and Willard, who likes cheerleading and his dancing horse, Rafalca.

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