In our third class about how the electoral college works, host Cristina Quinn talks with historian Alex Keyssar about potential alternatives to the way the U.S. elects presidents. The class explores the merits and flaws of the current system, and lays out the challenges to putting a different one...

In the second class in our series about how the electoral college works, host Cristina Quinn talks to historian Alex Keyssar about the compromises that drove the Founding Fathers to land on a complex, winner-takes-all system rather than a straightforward popular vote.