Greg Giroux talked about the math of electoral college votes that President and Obama and Mitt Romney needed to win the presidency. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He explained the electoral college process, and described scenarios in which electoral votes could be tied and what would happen in that case. Other topics included the elector system.

Nancy Calo read the latest headline news from C-SPAN Radio.
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David Lauter talked about the design of the [Los Angeles Times]' electoral college map and some of its interactive features.

Viewers commented by phone and electronic communications on possible scenarios if the results of the 2012 presidential election were not decided on election day.

Bobbi Jackson previewed the Sunday morning political talk shows.
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Viewers commented by phone and electronic communications on possible scenarios if the results of the 2012 presidential election were not decided on election day.

Sean Trende spoke by phone about RealClearPolitics's electoral college projections, the only publication that shows Mitt Romney with a lead over President Obama.

Jonathan Turley, and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) talked about the relevance of the electoral college. Mr. Turley argued against it in a recent [USA Today] opinion piece while Senator Simpson, who participated by phone, supports it.

John Koza and John Samples debated possible changes to the electoral college system. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Tara McGuinness moderated.

"Picking a President: Is It Time to Reform the Electoral College?" was an event at the Center for American Progress.
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Michael Shear spoke by phone about the latest electoral vote projections for President Obama and Mitt Romney.

Leonard Steinhorn talked about non-citizens' effect on the number of electoral college votes each state is allocated. Even though non-citizens, either legal or illegal, cannot vote, they are counted in the decennial census, which determines each state's congressional seats and electoral college votes. He also answered viewer phone calls and electronic communications.

At the end of the program, Nancy Calo read news headlines from C-SPAN Radio.
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In a phone interview, Colleen McCain Nelson talked about the electoral college map.

Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.
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