Handing VP Kamala Harris the Democratic presidential nomination without having her compete in primaries is a throwback to less democratic ways of picking nominees, a political scientist says.
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There are many ways bad mathematics interferes with our democracy. Assigning delegates is just one example.
Two states that are not representative of the US, particularly in terms of race, have outsize influence in the presidential campaign.
Donald Trump may be the GOP’s frontrunner, but there’s a good reason why President Biden wants to face him in November’s presidential election.
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Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Mathematics, Director of Institute for Mathematics and Democracy, Wellesley College
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Professor of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross
