Prof. Paul Rosier of Villanova University talks about the long struggles for Native Americans to access the ballot and the obstacles that still exist.

Episode 6: The Civil Rights Era

Oct 18th, 2018 25m 8s

Prof. Brett Gadsden of Northwestern University talks about the foundations of the Civil Rights Era, when voting was both a goal to achieve and the means by which to achieve it.

Episode 5: Women's suffrage

Oct 4th, 2018 24m 3s

Prof. Lisa Tetrault of Carnegie Mellon talks about how women won the right to vote and why the fight for the ballot didn't stop with the 19th Amendment.

Episode 4: The Progressive Era

Sep 27th, 2018 24m 21s

The late 19th century saw a movement to root out political corruption and enhance the power of the individual voter. It also saw the start of the largest decline in voter turnout in the country's history. Professor Emeritus Shelton Stromquist o

Episode 3: Reconstruction

Sep 21st, 2018 33m 12s

Prof Kate Masur of Northwestern University discusses the impact of Reconstruction on the story of voting in America.

Episode 2: Jacksonian Era

Sep 14th, 2018 21m 44s

Professor Harry Watson of UNC-Chapel Hill talks about what really made the 1820s-1840s a time of record-breaking turnout in American elections.

Episode 1: Early America

Sep 6th, 2018 21m 4s

Professor Ed Countryman of Southern Methodist University joins the pod to talk about how voting mattered (or didn't) in the colonial era, during the Revolution, and in the years following.

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