Election Resources

Women Fight for Rights (1848-1877)

This online exhibit—part one of a three-part series—mirrors the first section of the National Constitution Center's exhibit, The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote.

Suffragists Change Tactics (1878-1916)

This online exhibit—part two of a three-part series—mirrors the second section of the National Constitution Center's exhibit, The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote.

Voting Rights and Elections Virtual Tour

This virtual tour explores questions like: Does the Constitution protect the right to vote? What is the basic constitutional framework for elections in the United States? What role did the amendment process play in shaping voting rights? Explore the ins and outs of elections and voting with live classes and virtual exhibit tours.

Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality

In this virtual tour, explore how constitutional clashes over slavery set the stage for the Civil War and how its outcome transformed the Constitution to more fully embrace the Declaration of Independence’s promise of liberty and equality.

Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election

Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority

Recapping the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 Term

As the Supreme Court term nears its end, the Court has issued a series of decisions in many blockbuster cases, including overturning Chevron deference, upholding a law disarming domestic violence offenders and applying obstruction laws to January 6 prosecutions. Sarah Isgur of The Dispatch and Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal join Jeffrey Rosen to review the Supreme Court’s most important decisions from this term so far.

America’s Most Consequential Elections: From FDR to Reagan

Michael Gerhardt, author of the new book FDR’s Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness, and Andrew Busch, author of Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right, explore the pivotal elections of 1932 and 1980. They compare the transformative presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, and trace how founding-era debates between Hamilton and Jefferson over the scope of federal and executive power re-emerged during the New Deal and Reagan Revolution.

• A Brief History of Presidential Candidates Debates
• Five Little-known Men Who Almost Became President
• The Man Whose Impeachment Vote Saved Andrew Johnson
• Understanding the Constitution’s 25th Amendment
• Looking back at the last presidential election settled by the House
• A brief review of executive privilege, from Washington to Trump
• Executive Orders 101: What are they and how do Presidents use them?
• On this day, Gerald Ford becomes President in a constitutional first
• What is the Constitutional Role of the Vice President?
• Explaining the Debate Over Title IX Sexual Orientation and Gender Regulations

• On This Day, Congress Approved the 14th Amendment
• Two Justices Issue Challenge on Race
• On this day, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed
• Regardless of Trump Cases, Supreme Court Stakes are Huge in 2024
• Looking back: The Supreme Court decision that ended Nixon’s presidency
• Breaking down the Trump immunity decision
• The Evolution of Voting Rights in America
• Just Which State Ratified the 26th Amendment?
• A Constitution “hard, but not that hard” to change
• Can Congress enact Supreme Court term limits without a constitutional amendment?