Penn Alumni Office Hours: Election 2012
Voter Turnout Featuring Jack Nagel
"It's a cliché of punditry that close elections (as this
year's promises to be) are decided by turnout, and that higher turnout usually
helps Democrats. Following the
second Presidential Debate/Town Hall Meeting, join Professor Emeritus Jack
Nagel for a discussion that looks beyond this conventional wisdom. How does turnout in the U.S. compare
with other democracies, and what accounts for the differences? Does higher turnout really help
Democrats? What are the
Republicans' "vote-suppression" strategies, and could they tip the
balance in November? What reforms
could improve turnout and guarantee voting rights to all while minimizing the
possibility of fraud?"
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