EIL’s Professor Sam Wang presented an Insight Lecture, part of a series of events which bring important technical topics to a broad audience. Subject: using science to help repair democracy.

A major theme was “pivot points”: places where focused citizen action can do the most to make democracy more representative and responsive. Examples include (1) independent redistricting, (2) ranked-choice voting, and (3) redirecting the efforts of organizations like No Labels in a more productive manner.

Here’s the lecture. Rewind to the start to hear President Rick Lifton’s introduction. Or you can fast-forward to 4:49 to hear right away about ranked-choice voting and No Labels.