Suggested Websites

www.nationalpopularvote.com The website of the National Popular Vote organization. It has a current list of the states that have passed the NPV bill (see Writing Project 1 on page 501).

math.temple.edu/~conrad/Power/BPIandSSPI.html This site includes a brief discussion of the power indices that we have been exploring. It also contains a link to the Power Index Calculator. This online application can determine the Banzhaf and Shapley-Shubik power indices of some weighted voting systems that are too large for hand calculation, such as the U.S. Electoral College or the U. Council of Ministers before the Treaty of Lisbon.