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Voter Suppression – An Open Threat to American Democracy

by John Russo | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University

Election fraud has been one of the most prominent political talking points of the past four years, and the very crux of a democracy is free and fair elections, where one of the most important aspects of free and fair elections is allowing every citizen to vote in...

A Case for Democratic Erosion: The Iowa Caucus

by Isabella Harford | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University

In recent years, fears surrounding the legitimacy of elections has resulted in greater partisan conflict in the United States. The nation has become consumed by accusatory rhetoric and constant denunciation, rather than policy. Thus, there lays justifiable claim for...

Trump’s Removal of Impeachment Witnesses Furthers Democratic Erosion In The United States

by Carolyn Bean | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University

Boldened by an impeachment that died a quick death in the Senate and flexing a continuous loosening of congressional restraints, President Donald Trump forcibly removed Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (as well as Vindman’s twin...

How the Democratic Primary Exposes Democratic Erosion Due to Polarization

by Andrea Gustafson | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University

While the polarization of modern American politics was displayed in the nearly partisan impeachment of President Donald Trump, the current democratic primary race to decide who will face Trump in the 2020 elections demonstrates just how extreme American polarization...

Voting Through Self-Interest is a Primary Driver of Democratic Erosion

by Isaac Schneider | Feb 11, 2020 | Boston University

I am an American citizen, white, straight and male. All of these factors would, by any metric, make me more predisposed to expressing my political values through a generally more conservative lens. Notwithstanding these attributes, my core political values skew...
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