- Do issues drive party identification or does party identification drive voters' issue positions? In your essay, take account of shift in public opinion during the Trump administration.
- Pick one voter group that has become significantly more Democratic or Republican over the past decade (see, esp. ch. 7 of Hershey). Explain the shift. Is this trend likely to continue?
- Propose and defend a specific proposal for a specific jurisdiction that would increase voter turnout (e.g., same-day registration in a state that does not already have it). In your essay, take serious account of contrary views, and consider obstacles and challenges to implementation. Is your proposal politically and administratively feasible?
- Explain one technique of vote suppression. Carefully appraise the evidence for its effectiveness. Are the examples of this technique changing election outcomes?
- Write on a topic of your own choosing, subject to my approval.
- http://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/JPitney/elect.htm
- http://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/JPitney/dempub.html
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The specifications:
- Essays should be typed (12-point), double-spaced, and no more than four pages long. I will not read past the fourth page. Please submit essays as Word documents, not pdfs.
- Cite your sources. Please use endnotes in the format of Chicago Manual of Style. Endnotes do not count against the page limit. Please do not use footnotes, which take up too much page space.
- Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you. Return essays to the Sakai dropbox for this class by 11: 59 PM, Friday, February 16. Papers will drop one gradepoint for one day’s lateness, a full letter grade after that.
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