Democratic Participation across Urban and Rural Contexts in the United States: Evidence from Ranked-Choice Voting Reforms

• In Event: Institutions, Reform, and the Mechanics of Turnout

Brief Overview

Our paper will describe how ranked choice voting reform affects voter turnout in multiple contexts to see how it strengthens democracy and potentially waylays polarization. This means comparing urban vs rural and local vs general.

Authors

• Ethan Alexander Hughes, University of Texas at Dallas

• Kasey Huiyan Yin, University of Texas at Dallas