"One Person, NO VOTE" Author Carol Anderson, Voter Suppression & Democracy

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https://democracynow.org - Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election due to voter suppression. That’s what professor Carol Anderson argues in her new book “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy,” which tracks the rise of restrictive voting laws across the United States. In it, Anderson examines how African-American voter participation has been systematically compromised since a 2013 Supreme Court decision that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

>By the 2016 election, turnout among black voters nationwide dropped from 66 % to under 60 %. The discrepancy was even larger in key areas like Milwaukee, where turnout went down from 78 % in 2012 to less than 50 % in 2016. President Trump won Wisconsin by a margin of fewer than 23,000 votes. Carol Anderson is chair of the Department of African American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.

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1. She's very good! She was also on The Daily Show last month:

Carol Anderson - “One Person, No Vote” & The Impact of Voter Suppression | The Daily Show

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Carol Anderson explains why Republicans often aim to disenfranchise voters of color, how they do it and how citizens can protect their right to vote.

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2. Anderson is terrific, so glad she's receiving attn. for the new book.

Saw her on CSPAN Book TV too. Her analysis is shocking, esp. the impact of voter suppression in Wisc. and Fla. on the 2016 pres. election. Incredible.

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3. What she has to say needs to be publicized, it really is incredible - and shameful.

And most people still don't know. We need to do something about it and getting the word out is an essential first step!

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4. Clearly it will take some time to spread the word, even with

all these good efforts.

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5. I'm glad to see she's making more appearances

She'd also be a great guest on any of the MSNBC prime time shows - or with Joy Reid on the weekend. The Daily Show often has authors - but her message is also current news!