Young Americans got involved in the 2020 election. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images December 29, 2020 America’s newest voters look back at the 2020 election – and forward to politics in 2021 Mary Kate Cary, University of Virginia and Robert A. Strong, Washington and Lee University A three-month-long group conversation with some of the newest American voters yields insights both worrisome and promising.
Journalists, like these Associated Press staffers, have always worked hard to report election results quickly – and accurately. AP Photo November 3, 2020 Election night has been a big media event since electric lights first announced the winner in 1892 Mike Conway, Indiana University Journalists want to be first to tell the public who won, but the 2020 election night news frenzy may be very different from past years’ coverage.
Staff of the House of Representatives review Illinois’ Electoral College vote report in January 2017. Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images July 15, 2020 The Electoral College is surprisingly vulnerable to popular vote changes Steven Heilman, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Mathematically speaking, the Electoral College is built to virtually ensure narrow victories, making it very susceptible to manipulation and disinformation.