Political Geography: North America / Topic: Political Participation

Author:: Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini, and Cecilia Testa
Publication Date:: 07-2023
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP)
Abstract:: The 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) paved the road to Black empowerment. How did southern whites respond? Leveraging newly digitized data on county-level voter registration rates by race between 1956 and 1980, and exploiting pre-determined variation in exposure to the federal intervention, we document that the VRA increases both Black and white political participation. Consistent with the VRA triggering counter mobilization, the surge in white registrations is concentrated where Black political empowerment is more tangible and salient due to the election of African Americans in county commissions. Additional analysis suggests that the VRA has long-lasting negative effects on whites’ racial attitudes.
Topic:: Race, Elections, Discrimination, Legislation, Voting Rights, Mobilization, Empowerment, and Political Participation
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

Author:: Anthony Banbury
Publication Date:: 04-2021
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
Abstract:: The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) held elections for the House of Assembly on February 19, 2021. At the invitation of the TCI governor and funded by the UK government, an independent team of elections experts from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) conducted an in-person technical observation and assessment. The IFES mission employed a modified version of IFES’ Technical Election Assessment Methodology, which allows for a broader assessment of the electoral process and context.
Topic:: Government, Elections, Voting, Election Observation, and Political Participation
Political Geography:: Caribbean, North America, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Publication Date:: 10-2020
Content Type:: Video
Institution:: Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Abstract:: In this clip from radio station LBC, Dr. Richard Johnson (Queen Mary University of London) discusses the upcoming US Presidential Election in the context of the Electoral College.
Topic:: Elections, Voting, Political Participation, and Electoral College
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

Author:: Michael X. Delli Carpini and Ester Fuchs
Publication Date:: 03-1993
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Political Science Quarterly
Institution:: Academy of Political Science
Abstract:: MICHAEL X. DELLI CARPINI and ESTER FUCHS give a brief overview of why women had been excluded from voting and office holding. They then examine the recent successes by women in the political process, culminating in the election of forty-seven women in the U.S. House of Representatives and five new women senators.
Topic:: Elections, Women, Voting, and Political Participation
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

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