USA - Participation

Question 1

Voting Rights

Answer 1

• US increasing the electorate *2018 - ex-felons given the right to vote in Florida.
• Voter intimidation is not bring tackled, in Michigan, a law which prevented people from carrying guns into voting stations was over-turned

Question 2

Minority Participation

Answer 2

• Voting Rights have increased as people of minority backgrounds are being elected to positions of power *Barack Obama, Kamala Harris
• Voting by Ballot difficult (Method used by Democrats and Minorities) *Trump has reduced funding for postal services.

Question 3

Gerrymandering

Answer 3

• Partisan Gerrymandering is used to dilute the influence of certain voters.
• Groups who are under-represented are deliberately Gerrymandered to increase representation

Question 4

Elections

Answer 4

• No cap on election expenditure *6.5 billion donated towards the 2016 campaign
• Electoral College is unfair *California population 40 million only 55 electoral votes.
• Federalism allows for many different opportunities for voting for example mayor, governor, and senator election. * in 2020, Montana (Republican) voted for a democratic governor.