Road To The White House: Primaries, Conventions, And Electoral College

OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Road to the White House: Primaries, Conventions, and Electoral College with instructor John McNulty, Assistant Professor of Government, UAB.  What really happended in Iowa and how that caucus differs from most other states’ primaries; how the two parties assign delegates to the conventions; how the delegates actually vote and the trading that goes on at conventions; how the numbers add up in the Electoral College to elect a new president; and the arguments for and against a one-person one-vote process of electing our US President.