The Turnout Gap: An Analysis Race and Voter Turnout Outside of Voter Suppression #2020Election

While Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement have a deep impact on elections, Dr. Bernard L. Fraga research found that there still a gap in voter participation amongst marginalized groups even if voting barriers were removed. We discuss this and his book "The Turnout Gap" in this interview. Dr. Bernard L. Fraga is a political scientist who studies American elections, focusing on racial/ethnic politics, voter turnout, and the impact of election laws on voters and politicians. He is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, and received his B.A. in Political Science and Linguistics from Stanford University and Ph.D. in Government and Social Policy from Harvard University. Prof. Fraga is interested in how group identities and electoral contexts shape political behavior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Turnout Gap: An Analysis Race and Voter Turnout Outside of Voter Suppression #2020Election is an episode from OBSCENE by Maya Contreras and Ellen Novak.

This episode is 37:24 long.

This episode was published on Jul 28, 2020.

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