Elections & Representation
How votes become power in the United States, as it stands in October 2026 and written before the November 3 midterms: who votes, how a ballot is cast, counted, and certified, why 2025-26 redrew districts mid-decade, the Senate's and the Electoral College's arithmetic, primaries, money, polls, the midterm map, what other democracies do instead, and the reforms. Brought to October: the Supreme Court's 2026 rulings on mail ballots, citizenship screening, the Voting Rights Act, and party spending; the voter-roll fights; the redistricting war and the questions on the November 3 ballot; the record money and the industry committees; and the polls, forecasts, and races as of October 22. Where the subject argues, from proof of citizenship to the census count, each side's case comes before the evidence and the course's reading. Four worked examples, from one 60-40 state drawn three ways to Britain's 2024 result under three systems.** **