With the 2020 U.S. presidential election fast approaching on Tuesday, November 3rd, we want to share with you resources about the election that highlight the work conducted by Yale faculty and students. Also included are links to a few sites that explain some of the basic concepts of our presidential electoral process, and a couple of links to non-Yale events that may be of interest. We hope these resources will assist in your understanding and engagement with this historic election.
This page will be updated throughout the month of October, so please check back for additional resources. If you have a resource or upcoming event you would like to highlight, please email our Assistant Director of Programs to get it added.
Rule of Law Clinic Publishes Guides to Protect Voters From Intimidation
Yale Political Scientist Akhil Akmar - The Electoral College: How Presidents are Elected
BBC News - A Simple Guide to the 2020 Election
Wikipedia - Election Basics
USA.GOV - How to Become President of the USA
School House Rock - Electoral College (classic resource)
Yale History Professor Beverly Gage - Podcast about 2020 Election
Recording: “Ballots and Borders: Election 2020 and What's at Stake for International Students and Scholars,” brought to you by the Office of Global Learning, Cornell Law School, and the Cornell Migrations Initiative
Recording: A Reading of “The Ballot and Me” by Langston Hughes: An Historical Sequence, 1956
Nov. 5, 6 PM - Being Well at Yale: Student Engagement During Social Change Movements
Nov. 12, 4-5:30 PM - Ideas of Power: The Politics of American Party Ideology Development
Upcoming Beyond the Ballot Events (RSVP details coming soon)
- Nov. 12, 6:30-8 PM - Where Do We Go From Here?
Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics - Predicting the Next President
Yale Economist Ray Fair - Presidential Forecast Says Trump Faces Historic Defeat
Yale Law School Professor Bruce Ackerman - What happens if there is no winner on election night?
Yale Political Scientist Jacob Hacker
Yale Professor Alexander Coppock - Biden Takes Satirical Path In Quest for Latino Votes
Yale History Professor Timothy Snyder - The Ethical Meaning of a Vote for Donald Trump
Yale Law & History Professor Samuel Moyn - What Might The Supreme Court Look Like In The Future?
Anxious About Election Results? Here’s What’s Happening in Your Brain as You Wait
How to Handle Election Anxiety, According to Mental Health Experts (including Yale's Laurie Santos)
Counting Votes & What to Expect on Election Day
Election Day & Post-Election Guide
Yale Political Scientist Alexander Coppock
Yale Political Scientist Gregory Huber
Yale Political Scientist Joshua Kalla
- How Important is Door Knocking, Anyway?
- Does Door Knocking Matter?
- An Experiment in Wisconsin Changed Voters' Minds about Trump
Yale’s Nicholas Christakis
Yale SOM's Heidi Brooks
Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Ahmar
Yale Daily News Coverage
- Students Take Gap Semesters to Work on Campaigns
- Faculty Organize Community Voting Outreach
- Voters Find Mistakes In Absentee Ballots Three Weeks Before Election
- EVC, YCC and Yale Dems Mobilize Students in Advance of General Election
- New Haven, Yale Groups Host Voter Registration Rally and Health Summit
- Democratic party leaders hold GOTV rally
- City polling sites information contradicts state authorities, generating voter confusion
- Despite new policy, students face delays in election mail received at residential colleges
- SURVEY: While some students struggled with their states’ voting processes, most undergrads did not find voting to be difficult
- Yale faculty predict results — or lack of them — for 2020 presidential election
- From the White House to Hillhouse: How the election outcome may impact Yale
- Black communities prepare for high-stakes election
- Latinx community members urge New Haven to “vote against hate”
- Civic education and engagement: New Haven organizations think 2020 and beyond
- Despite hiccups, election day running much smoother than 2018, officials report
- New Haveners hold demonstrations to demand ‘all votes be counted’
Yale votes: Students aim to make voting part of campus life
MFIA and Protect Democracy Support AP’s Election Transparency Project
Yale Historian Beverly Gage
Yale Alum, Journalist, and Historian David Shimer - U.S. Electoral Interference
Yale Insights - Can We Protect Our Election from the Bots?
Yale Climate Connections - What Role Will Climate Change Play in the 2020 Presidential Election
Yale Program on Climate Change