RALPH NURNBERGER LOOKS BACK ON CONTROVERSIAL ELECTIONS WHERE ELECTION RULES REQUIRED INDISTINGUISHABLE BALLOTS. SOUND FAMILIAR?

Presidential Elections, Interview with Historian Ralph Nurnberger…

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series

The Not Old Better Show, 2020. Image: AdobeStock

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #483.

As part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living Series, our guest today is historian Ralph Nurnberger. This will be an excellent interview on a subject very much on our minds: Presidential Elections, as well as the Veeps they choose and why. Ralph Nurnberger will be presenting 3 different Smithsonian Associates events, all of which we’ll have links to in our show notes.

The United States has held 57 presidential elections since the first in 1789. Voters are invariably…