Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. An historian by training, he has specialized in the exploration of historical problems that have contemporary policy implications. His book, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States (2000), was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. A significantly revised and updated edition of The Right to Vote was published in 2009. 

Prof. Keyssar chaired the Social Science Research Council's National Research Commission on Voting and Elections, and he writes frequently for the popular press about American politics and history. Keyssar's latest book, entitled Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? (2020), is published by Harvard University Press.

Prof. Keyssar and talk about why age is more a problem for President Biden than for Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, disunity and divisiveness in the country, the critical nature of the forthcoming election, a comparison of Richard Nixon and Donal Trump, Trump's attacks on the free press, the potential  change in governmental function if Donald Trump is re-elected, the hstircal importance of an indicted president running for re-election, and the Republican's loyalty to Trump. I close the interview by askng an easy question (sarcasm intended) - will American democract survive.

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