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May 24, 2024
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College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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POLS 022. American Elections: Ritual, Myth, and Substance
An examination of the role of policy issues, candidates images, campaign advertisements, media, polling, marketing, and political parties in the American electoral process. We will consider the role of race, gender, class, and other variables in voting behavior and look for evidence concerning the increasing polarization of American politics. We will examine the impact of recent laws and practices that seek to encourage or depress voting in the aftermath of the 2008 election, and will explore the impact of felony disenfranchisement. What are some of the most important recent changes affecting American electoral politics? Historical trends will provide the basis for analyzing upcoming elections. Do elections matter, and, if so, how?
1 credit.
Not offered 2014-2015.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/political-science
Political Science
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