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Episode 65: Timing is Everything
Episode 65: Timing is Everything
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jan 3, 2017
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Podcast episode
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A voting rule no one is talking about could change the face of elections across the country. Professor Zoltan Hajnal explains how combining national, state, and local election days would boost turnout and reduce disparities in voting and representation. For More on this Topic: Check out his two-page brief, To Avert the Next Ferguson, Reschedule Elections to Make Local Politics More Representative Read his book, America’s Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Race, and Representation in City Politics. Further Reading: How The Timing of Elections Shapes Turnout, Election Outcomes, and Public Policy, Sarah F. Anzia, University of California, Berkeley Do Election Reforms Promote Equal Participation?, Elizabeth Rigby, The George Washington University
Released:
Jan 3, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 3: The Tea Party Divided: Professor Heath Brown discusses the Tea Party, explaining how this conservative movement has grown and changed – and how it may shape the 2016 elections. Brown is an Assistant Professor of Public Management at the City University of New York. by Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon