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Trending @ Rwu Law: Deborah Johnson's Post: Now "Defamation" Matters More Than Ever 11-16-2016, Deborah Johnson
Trending @ Rwu Law: Deborah Johnson's Post: Now "Defamation" Matters More Than Ever 11-16-2016, Deborah Johnson
Law School Blogs
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Power, Economics And The 'Islamic Terrorism' Narrative, Alev Dudek
Power, Economics And The 'Islamic Terrorism' Narrative, Alev Dudek
Alev Dudek
Newsroom: Reeves Urges: 'Be Citizen Soldiers', Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newsroom: Reeves Urges: 'Be Citizen Soldiers', Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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The Political Implications Of Felon Disenfranchisement Laws In The United States, Katharine G. Connaughton
The Political Implications Of Felon Disenfranchisement Laws In The United States, Katharine G. Connaughton
CMC Senior Theses
This empirical study analyzes the political implications for presidential election outcomes that stem from varying felon disenfranchisement laws within the United States. In the past decade incarceration rates have drastically increased, consequently augmenting the disenfranchised population. This paper focuses on presidential election outcomes and state political party majorities in the election years 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. I use demographic characteristics to calibrate assumptions for voter turnout and political party choice among the disenfranchised populations within each state. I then apply these voting populations to historical election outcomes and find that three state political party outcomes change, as well as …