AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
4min chapter
The Electoral College: Keep or Replace? A Soho Forum Debate
The Soho Forum Debates
The Future of the Popular Vote
Richard Lessig: I would not put under these circumstances too much weight on what the popular vote is now, because that's endogenous with respect to the system. He says people will go to large concentration population centers where they can must the votes relatively easily compared to everybody else. The president may target his electoral efforts to a particular state but if you're trying to fashion a majority that's going to carry the House of Representatives winning key states in the Senate, it turns out that the centripetable force is pretty substantial. Richard lessig: We have something close to what Larry suggests, which I'm in fact perfectly sympathetic with. And there's nothing about the system that worries me about fraud
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode