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Interesting things to track: | |||
* Sales of self-help books | |||
[http://ourdemocracyproject.com/ Our Democracy] — showing what democracy looks like through photography and stories. Joint project of CatchLight Foundation and National Geographic Society. | |||
= History and Philosophy = | |||
The [[wikipedia:Liberal democracy#Origins|Wikipedia article on liberal democracy]] gives a good overview of how modern democracies evolved. | |||
Daniel Ziblatt [http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/05/making-liberal-democracies posits] that the factional strength of a country's elites determines the survival of democracy, not a rise in living standards or an uprising of the working or middle class. | |||
= Voting = | |||
Who shows up to vote? | Who shows up to vote? | ||
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/upshot/black-turnout-in-1964-and-beyond.html "Black Turnout in 1964, and Beyond."] ''New York Times''. October 16, 2014. | |||
* [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/12/black-voter-turnout-fell-in-2016-even-as-a-record-number-of-americans-cast-ballots/ "Black voter turnout fell in 2016, even as a record number of Americans cast ballots."] Pew Research. May 12, 2017. | |||
* [http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics Voter Turnout Demographics] | |||
How do votes translate to decisions? | How do votes translate to decisions? | ||
Requires [[diversity]] and [[education]]. | Requires [[diversity]] and [[education]]. | ||
Ka-Ping Yee's [http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ voting simulation visualizations]. | |||
Voting methodologies: | |||
* [[wikipedia:Borda count|Borda count]] | |||
* [[wikipedia:Condorcet method|Condorcet method]] | |||
* [[wikipedia:Quadratic voting|Quadratic voting]] | |||
See also: | |||
* [[wikipedia:Arrow's impossibility theorem|Arrow's impossiblity theorem]] | |||
* Adam Rogers. [https://www.wired.com/story/colorado-quadratic-voting-experiment/ "Colorado tried a new way to vote: Make people pay — quadratically."] ''WIRED'', April 16, 2019. | |||
= U.S. Population / Demographic Shifts = | |||
== Religion == | |||
According to Pew Research<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States</ref>: | |||
* Evangelical Protestant — 25.4% | |||
* Mainline Protestant — 14.7% | |||
* Black church — 6.5% | |||
* Catholic — 20.8% | |||
According to Gallup, 2014 "Beliefs and Values" survey suggested that 42 percent of Americans are creationists, 31 percent are theistic evolutionists, and 19 percent are atheistic evolutionists.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/you-cant-educate-people-into-believing-in-evolution/382983/</ref> | |||
== Age == | |||
[https://www.axios.com/when-children-become-scarce-birth-rates-falling-92f11c1e-a26a-4635-8885-9eab1ffd182e.html When children become scarce] | |||
= Regional Inequality = | |||
[[Cities]] | |||
Gerrymandering | |||
= Foreign Policy = | |||
Transformational versus transactional diplomacy | |||
= Activism = | |||
* [https://equalcitizens.us/ Equal Citizens]. Founded by Lawrence Lessig. | |||
= References = | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:52, 14 September 2021
Interesting things to track:
- Sales of self-help books
Our Democracy — showing what democracy looks like through photography and stories. Joint project of CatchLight Foundation and National Geographic Society.
History and Philosophy
The Wikipedia article on liberal democracy gives a good overview of how modern democracies evolved.
Daniel Ziblatt posits that the factional strength of a country's elites determines the survival of democracy, not a rise in living standards or an uprising of the working or middle class.
Voting
Who shows up to vote?
- "Black Turnout in 1964, and Beyond." New York Times. October 16, 2014.
- "Black voter turnout fell in 2016, even as a record number of Americans cast ballots." Pew Research. May 12, 2017.
- Voter Turnout Demographics
How do votes translate to decisions?
Requires diversity and education.
Ka-Ping Yee's voting simulation visualizations.
Voting methodologies:
See also:
- Arrow's impossiblity theorem
- Adam Rogers. "Colorado tried a new way to vote: Make people pay — quadratically." WIRED, April 16, 2019.
U.S. Population / Demographic Shifts
Religion
According to Pew Research[1]:
- Evangelical Protestant — 25.4%
- Mainline Protestant — 14.7%
- Black church — 6.5%
- Catholic — 20.8%
According to Gallup, 2014 "Beliefs and Values" survey suggested that 42 percent of Americans are creationists, 31 percent are theistic evolutionists, and 19 percent are atheistic evolutionists.[2]
Age
Regional Inequality
Gerrymandering
Foreign Policy
Transformational versus transactional diplomacy
Activism
- Equal Citizens. Founded by Lawrence Lessig.