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When Election Rules Undermine Democracy
Amel Ahmed, April 2013
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
America's Voting Problems Occur Mostly in Urban Areas
David C. Kimball, April 2013
Cities and Regions, Voters and Voter Participation, Public Sector Reforms, Election 2012
Unequal Citizen Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy
Henry E. Brady, Kay Lehman Schlozman and Sidney Verba, March 2013
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
How Democrats and Republicans Can Draw Uncommitted Minorities into Politics
Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee, December 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation
Misleading Political Advertising: How Changing National Rules Cloud the Picture for Maine Voters
Emily D. Shaw, October 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Media and Public Opinion, Civic Engagement
Will the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Survive?
Richard M. Valelly, September 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012, Courts & Court Decisions
How the New Voter ID Laws Impede Disadvantaged Citizens
Marcus Anthony Hunter, September 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012
Young Americans Face Clear Choices in the 2012 Elections
Richard F. Doner, September 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012, Civic Engagement
The Quest for Women's Votes in Election 2012
Kira Sanbonmatsu, August 2012
Women, Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012
What Struggles over the Right to Vote Reveal about American Democracy
Alexander Keyssar, May 2012
Voters and Voter Participation
How People Make Sense of Politics
Katherine Cramer Walsh, May 2012
Voters and Voter Participation
What Americans Believe about Voting Rights for Criminals
Christopher Uggen, April 2012
Criminal Justice, Voters and Voter Participation, Media and Public Opinion
Why America’s Election System is Failing – And How to Fix It
Heather Gerken, April 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Do Election Reforms Promote Equal Participation?
Elizabeth Rigby, April 2012
Voters and Voter Participation
How Voters Evaluate the Class Backgrounds of Candidates
Meredith Sadin, April 2012
Voters and Voter Participation
How Progressives Saved Election-Day Voter Registration in Maine
Amy Fried, March 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Contacting Disadvantaged Citizens Turns Them into Voters
Carrie Ann LeVan, November 2011
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Making Sense of the Tea Party
Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson, October 2011
Voters and Voter Participation, Social Movements, Election 2012