Can SuperPACs be limited by state law? On campaign finance and more...

Conversation about gerrymandering with Sam Wang a neuroscientist, data scientists, and Founder of the Electoral Innovation Lab and Kate Barr, Founder of the Can't Win Victory Fund and a Congressional candidate in North Carolina.

As Missouri works through various legal and constitutional challenges to a redistricting plan that would likely eliminate one of the state’s two Democrat-held congressional seats, legislators in neighboring Kansas are moving forward with efforts that could eliminate that state’s lone Democrat-held seat.

Join EIL founder Sam Wang for a special screening of Majority Rules at the Princeton Public Library, to be followed by panel discussion with Professor Wang and Senator Andrew Zwicker.

Presented in partnership with Represent Us New Jersey and Voter Choice New Jersey, the film follows as Alaska looks to adopt a pair of election reforms that will eliminate traditional party primaries and allow voters to rank candidates by preference. Filmmaker AJ Schnack travels across the country interviewing reform supporters and opponents asking how the American electoral system become so dysfunctional, and whether it is possible that changing the way we vote might transform our entire system for the better.

In an Insight Lecture titled Data to Bridge the Divide: How Computational Science Can Save Democracy, Princeton University neuroscientist Sam Wang will discuss his development and use of statistical tools to shed light on American politics and elections. With hard data, he notes, solutions can be implemented to ensure that the government more accurately represents public sentiment, responds to its constituents, and repairs trust between the citizenry and its elected officials.

Armchair Conversation with Professor Sam Wang

Armchair Conversation with Professor Sam Wang

Armchair Conversation with Professor Sam Wang

Summer Lectures in Democracy Reform