American Political and Electoral Process Discussion

I also expect you to provide appropriate citations to your sources. If this is the text, you should use parenthetical endnoting with specific page references (e.g. Ginsberg, et. al. 2021: 41). If you are citing a lecture, you should provide the lecture number.  Videos should be named using the title from the web page.  Please cite forum posts by the author’s name and the date of the post.

Analytical Essay 

The results of the 2016 and 2020 national elections raise significant questions about the future of America’s political parties and the viability of America’s electoral processes. In an essay, describe the roles that political parties and candidate characteristics play in mobilizing electoral participation in contemporary U.S. elections and analyze how individual characteristics of voters (such as socioeconomic status), electoral laws, and electoral practices influence voting likelihood.  Where possible use examples from recent national campaigns for national office discussed in the assigned text and in the lectures/video supplements.