2024 LWVFA General Meeting

League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area presents

The Electoral College Explained

Sunday, November 24, 2024 from 3:00 p.M. to 4:00 p.M.

Are you confused by the results of the election?

Don’t understand how the Electoral College works?  Some of us think we do, but do we really?

Join us on November 24th from 3:00 to 4:00 pm over Zoom and soon you’ll be in the know!

Professor Victor of George Mason University will break it down for us.

Click here to register and have your questions answered.

Contact: Anu Sahai at Anu.Sahai@lwv-fairfax.org with questions or more information.

Meet the Speaker

Jennifer Nicoll Victor, PhD

Jennifer Nicoll Victor is Associate Professor of Political Science at George Mason University’s Schar School Policy and Government. She studies the U.S. Congress, legislative organization and behavior, social network methods, political parties, campaign finance, and interest groups and lobbying. She is currently writing a book, Social Capitol: How Political Capital Emerges among Legislators in the US House of Representatives. She is the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Political Networks (2017) and co-author (with Nils Ringe) of Bridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations in the United States and the European Union (U. Michigan Press 2013). Her research has been published in a variety of political science journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, American Politics Review, and others. She teaches “How American Government Works” on The Great Courses® and is the 2019 recipient of George Mason University’s Teaching Excellence Award. Her public scholarship has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Medium, and a variety of academic blogs, including “Mischiefs of Faction,” where she is a founding contributor. Professor Victor is a member of the Board of Directors for OpenSecrets, a non-profit dedicated to following money in politics, and is the past president of the National Capital Area Political Science Association. She currently serves as the Director of the Schar School’s first-year residential learning community, known as “Democracy Lab.”

Meeting will be moderated by Anu Sahai