Voting and Elections: Theory, Mathematics, and Social Justice
A fundamental part of this course involves looking at the justice aspect of elections – gerrymandering, voter suppression, and various constitutional amendments.
Click a project title below to view student work from SCHC311 this semester:
- Analyzing Precinct-Level Voter Demographics and Turnout in the 2018 SC Gubernatorial Election
- The Chinese Electoral System
- The Contribution of Insufficient Education to Voter Suppression
- Felony Disenfranchisement
- Felony Disenfranchisement in Virginia
- Mail-In Voting
- The Past, Present, and Future of Ranked Choice Voting
- The Problem with Polling: How Social Desirability Bias Can Hide the Truth
- Propaganda and its Use in the 2016 Presidential Election
- The Relevance and Fairness of the Electoral College in the Modern Age
- The Supreme Court’s Influence on Elections
- Using Math to Fight Gerrymandering
- Using the Electoral College to Represent the Popular Vote
- Voter Suppression
- Voting Around the World
- When Does Voter Fraud Occur?
- The Women’s Suffrage Movement: The Good, the bad, and the History
