Although we have had a record turnout in the past three elections (2018. 2020 and 2022), we have also experienced a violent insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, a former U.S.

Although we have had a record turnout in the past three elections (2018. 2020 and 2022), we have also experienced a violent insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, a former U.S. President (Donald Trump) that has yet to accept the results of the 2020 election and a politically divided electorate (Democrat vs. Republicans) that views the opposing political party as threat to democracy. How hopeful or hopeless are you about the future of our democracy? Do you think these issues will become better or worse? Develop an analysis that places these issues within the larger sociological context of race/ethnicity, social class and gender as it relates to voting and U.S. politics.

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