![Democracy in Danger artwork](https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts114/v4/a3/ac/43/a3ac43c2-584f-bb0d-a2d9-7797d75170f2/mza_15462097894028407562.png/100x100bb.jpg)
S6 E5. Ballot Blues
Democracy in Danger
English - April 05, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 87.1 MBSociety & Culture News Politics democracy election history illiberalism media news politics unitedstates world Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: S6 E4. Resisting Russia’s War
Next Episode: S6 E6. Fighting with Song
The civil rights movement was a huge leap forward for voting rights, yet one group of the electorate remains largely on the sidelines: the poor. Legal scholar Bertrall Ross calls low turnout among the bottom 20 percent of American earners an insidious form of voter suppression, all but guaranteeing their interests won’t be served. And he offers some ideas on how to get political campaigns to court new voters. We also speak to Nevada’s new secretary of state, who defeated an election denier.