'Pod Save America' Hosts Answer Democracy Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

'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/ Check out Pod Save America at: http://apple.co/podsaveamerica https://www.youtube.com/@podsaveamerica 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