The Making Every Vote Count Blog — Making Every Vote Count

Matthew J Donnelly

The MLB All-Star Game and the Electoral College

The MLB All-Star Game and the Electoral College

No, unlike MLB All-Star fan voting, we have a “one person, one vote” rule for electing the president. That’s obviously more fair! But take a closer look: also unlike MLB All-Star voting, not all votes for president tend to count equally. That’s very obviously worse.


Losing Trust In Government

Losing Trust In Government

Would it surprise you to learn that a large majority of Americans affirmatively agree that they do not want to see their local hospitals destroyed by heavy rainstorms? I mean, let’s hope not. Fine, the question is silly but the problem isn’t: it’s raining more than it used to.