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How do laws governing voting and elections shape political representation and power in the USA? Are some demographic and socioeconomic groups of Americans over- or under-represented in Congress, state legislatures, and other elected offices? How do factors like gerrymandering and voting rights influence America''s democratic institutions? This accessible resource answers all these questions and many more. This one-stop resource provides readers with historical context, explanations of current controversies and developments, and illuminating primary sources related to political representation. Original essays offer a range of perspectives, while profiles of significant figures and organizations-from Susan B. Anthony to the American Civil Liberties Union-provide insight into how this issue has evolved over time.
Table des matières
Preface
1. Background and HistoryThe U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Democratic Representation: Models and Types
The Expansion of Suffrage and Voting Rights
Representation Among Demographic Groups
Selecting Representatives
Conclusion
Further Reading
2. Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsExpanding Voting Rights
Contracting Voting Rights
Voter Turnout in the United States
Demographics of Voter Turnout
Diversity among Elected Officials
Conclusion
Further Reading
3. PerspectivesYoung People in American Politics: Past, Present, and Future,
Rebecca BargiachiLeading in Lavender: LGBTQ+ Representation in the United States,
Daryl BarkerLatine Political Representation,
Patricia EsparzaThe Evolution of AAPI Political Representation in the United States,
Mary Chung Hayashi"Why Don't Young People Vote?": An Analysis of HBCU Student Political Apathy in Louisiana's Conservative Climate,
Cassandra Shepard4. ProfilesOrganizationsAAPI Advocacy Alliance
AARP
American Civil Liberties Union
American Political Science Association
Black Lives Matter
EMILY's List
Equality Now
GLAAD
Human Rights Campaign
LULAC
NAACP
National LGBTQ Task Force
National Organization for Women
National Urban League
Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL)
SBA Pro-Life America
The Asian American Foundation
UnidosUS
United States Supreme Court
PeopleSusan B. Anthony
Cesar Chavez
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Frederick Douglass
Kamala Harris
Dolores Huerta
Jesse Jackson
Marcia P. Johnson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Harvey Milk
Patsy Mink
Barack Obama
Silvia Rivera
Sonya Sotomayor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Gloria Steinem
Leona Tate
Harriet Tubman
Malcolm X
Further Reading
5. Data and DocumentsData2024 Presidential Election Exit Polls
Census Data on Income and Education by Demographic Categories
Demographic Data for the 118th Congress
DocumentsConstitutional Provisions
John Stuart Mill,
The Subjection of Women, 1869
The NAACP Adds Its Voice to the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1915
A. Phillips Randolph Urges Black Americans to Support Suffrage, 1917
Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, "Woman Suffrage," 1918
The Civil Rights Act, 1964
Wesberry v. Sanders, 1964
The Voting Rights Act, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act, 1965
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 1966
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
Shelby County v. Holder, 2013
6. ResourcesBooks
Scholarly Journals
Online Resources
7. ChronologyGlossary
Index
About the Authors
A propos de l'auteur
Caroline Heldman is an Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, USA. She specializes in the presidency and systems of power (race, class, gender) in U.S. politics.Lori Cox Han is Professor of Political Science at Chapman University, USA. She is the author of many books, including Presidents and the American Presidency (2022); Women and U.S. Politics, 2nd ed (2010); and Governing From Center Stage (2011). She is also editor of New Directions in the American Presidency, 3rd ed (2023); and co-editor of Rethinking Madam President (2007). She is past president of the Presidency Research Group, an organized section of the American Political Science Association devoted to the study of the presidency.
