Michael J. Pomante, Scot Schraufnagel, Quan Li

The Cost of Voting in the American States

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Produktbeschreibung

Using Racial Threat Theory arguments, this book demonstrates that American states with larger or growing Black and Hispanic populations have more restricted voting, and that these restrictive voting laws disproportionately demobilize these populations in predictable ways.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Kansas
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 348mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780700635917
• ISBN-10: 0700635912
• Artikelnr.: 67865640

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Pomante II is a research associate at States United Democracy Center. Scot Schraufnagel is professor of political science at Northern Illinois University. Quan Li is a data scientist at Catalist.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1. A Brief History of Voting Restrictions in the United States
* 2. The Changing Nature of State Election Law
* 3. Falling Behind or Jumping Ahead: Movement in the State Cost of
Voting Rank
* 4. Minority Populations, Republicans, and the COVI
* 5. The COVI and Reported Voter Turnout
* 6. Minority Candidate Electoral Success and the Underrepresentation
of Minorities and Women
* 7. the First Big Lie: Accessible Voting Leads to Widespread Voter
Fraud
* 8. The Second Big Lie: More Convenient Voting Helps Democrats
* Conclusion
* Appendices
*
A: Measurement Challenges and Omitted Variables
* B: More Specifics on Constructing the Cost of Voting Index
* C: Sensitivity Analysis
* D: Construct Validity Check, the COVI, and State Voter Turnout
* E: 4 Tables
F: State COVI Values by Presidential Election
* G: 5 Tables
* Notes
* Works Cited
* Index