Presidential Historian Answers US Election Questions

American Historian Lindsay Chervinsky joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the history of US Elections. Can the President cancel or postpone an election? Why do midterms usually end up with the party of the current president losing? Why are US elections held on a Tuesday in November? Answers to these questions and many more await on US Election History Support. WIRED recommends: Watch more from WIRED | Tech Support: #Election #Midterms #USElection 00:00 - US Election History Support 00:13 - Glaciers move faster than a US campaign cycle 01:00 - The Electoral College: an 18th-century group-project democracy 01:54 - If yo (Source: WIRED | Region: Washington D.C., USA)