POLS 021. Who Votes? Political Participation in the US (AP)

This upper-level seminar will examine the nature of political participation in the United States. Topics include: women’s suffrage; minority voting rights; historic and contemporary efforts at voter suppression; felon disenfranchisement; rules regarding ballot access; Gen-Z voting patterns; a thorough examination of who turned out to vote in the 2024 presidential election - and importantly, who didn’t. We conclude with a normative discussion of how voting has been employed as a tool to radically alter the nature of American democracy.
Social Sciences.
1 credit.
Spring 2025. Reeves.
Catalog chapter: Political Science
Department website: swarthmore.edu/political-science

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