Pulling the Curtain: Show Segments
The following are individual show segments included in the BackStory episode “Pulling the Curtain: Voting in America,” broadcast in November 2012. You can listen to the entire episode here.
Voice Over
Peter tells us how it used to be: Our votes were more heard than seen back when we declared publicly how we were voting in front of a crowd at the court house.
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Foreign Affairs
Legal scholar and politician Jamie Raskin talks with Ed about the American tradition of giving non-citizens the vote. The American History Guys then unpack why this would have been the case.
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Old Time Shenanigans
Historian Mark Summers chats with Ed about the down and dirty politicking of Gilded Age-era elections. Intimidation, vote-buying, and fraud, oh my!
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Electoral Knowledge
Historian Alexander Keyssar explains how the Electoral College has magnified the white Southern vote.
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Listener Calls
The American History Guys take three calls from listeners.
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