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'Pod Save America' hosts Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor join WIRED to answer your burning questions about American democracy and elections. Does the United States have honest elections? Could we have a 51st state by the time we have our 51st president? What's Project 2025 and why are we hearing more about it? Are technology and social media undermining democracy? How can a presidential candidate win the popular vote but still lose the presidency? Jon and Tommy answer these questions and many more on Democracy Support.

Democracy or Else: How To Save America In 10 Easy Steps is available now: https://crooked.com/crookedmediareads/

0:00 Democracy Support with Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor
0:13 America is the greatest democracy in the world…right?
0:48 Presidents and speechwriters
1:42 Undecided voters
3:10 Fundraising texts from everywhere
3:57 How do I strategically pick where to donate?
4:52 Holding former heads of state legally accountable
5:30 Is technology undermining democracy?
6:07 Does the USA have honest elections?
7:03 Why are candidates permitted to spend unlimited funds on their campaigns?
8:33 Win the popular vote, still lose the election? That’s the Electoral College
10:02 WTF is ‘Project 2025?’
11:06 Why reforming US gun laws is so difficult
12:00 Do you think we will have a 51st state by the time we have our 51st president?
12:53 Could Election Day become a national holiday?
13:27 Does “election integrity" = voter suppression?

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Richard Trammell
Talent: Jon Favreau; Tommy Vietor
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Paige Garbarini
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Cerina Shippey
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: JC Scruggs; Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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