legislation such as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act made huge strides in increasing economic

returns, congressional voting records, and hundreds of early public opinion polls that illuminate

in societal behavior--in voting, health, technology, and finance-occur and the ways social networks

of examples, including nineteenth-century voting rights movements; the American civil rights movement

democracy can influence public outcomes through political voice: by voting, getting involved in campaigns

recognition of women's voting rights. However, perhaps the most interesting aspect of this work is that it

--whether in the street, in the voting booth, or in the legislature as representatives of others

seeks to understand the determinants of voting and the place of elections in the life of the voter. This

remarkably relevant, grappling with ideas about race, equality, voting rights, taxes, poverty, the role of

1960s to "values" voting in recent presidential elections. He argues that the greatest transformations

models of voting. It is also an important work of social science that connects with the practical world

. elections yield few reliable numbers about anything--least of all how well the voting system is managed. The