http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/01/bowdoins-chryl-laird-on-why-black-voter-turnout-dropped-in-2016/ A repository for Bowdoin news archives Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.11 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/01/bowdoins-chryl-laird-on-why-black-voter-turnout-dropped-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-121133 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:01:45 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=143282#comment-121133 I read Professor Laird’s piece in Vox. The article is a little hard to follow, but I think her argument is this: Black turnout will increase if and only if black voters feel social pressure from within their community to get out and vote. (She also claims “voter suppression” and “Obama’s not on the ballot anymore” are not the primary reasons for the drop-off in black voting.)

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