Electoral College Rules; Troop Drawdown; #AskTheMayor; Shop Listener

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 19, 2020

On today's show:

  • Robert Alexander, professor of political science and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy at Ohio Northern University and the author of Representation and the Electoral College (Oxford University Press, 2019), talks about how tightly the Electoral College is bound by certified election results in their states.
  • President Trump is expected to order the military to withdraw more than 2,000 troops from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, despite concerns about the pace of this drawdown. Missy Ryan, Washington Post reporter covering the Pentagon, military issues and national security, explains the potential regional implications of troop withdrawal.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Listeners call in to shout out their businesses ahead of the holidays for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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