We in the United States are deep in the middle of a major national election, and over half of the world’s population also have elections in 2024. This is why Carry the Two is going to focus on the intersection of mathematics and democracy for our new season.In this episode, the second episode of our mathematics and democracy season, we speak again with mathematician Ismar Volić of Wellesley College and Director of the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy and Theodore R. Johnson, a scholar of Black electoral politics, a military veteran, and a contributing columnist at The Washington Post. We dig into what mathematics has to say about how the USA apportions members of the House of Representatives to states, learn how a fight between Jefferson and Hamilton over rounding led to the first presidential veto, and discuss different techniques for reforming the Electoral College.  Find our transcript here: Google Doc or .txt fileCurious to learn more? Check out these additional links:Ismar VolićMaking Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation Institute for Mathematics and DemocracyTheodore R. JohnsonA Failing Grade for the Electoral CollegeFollow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (twitter) @IMSI_institute, (mastodon) https://sciencemastodon.com/@IMSI, (instagram) IMSI.instituteMusic by Blue Dot SessionsThe Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) is funded by NSF grant DMS-1929348