Important: Using the provided sources are mandatory. No external sources are accepted for this assignment.
Use and cite the given sources in the assignment, as evidence or examples to support your answers.
The following questions are essay questions, please use complete sentences and avoid short answers.
After reading the assigned articles and watching the videos, answer the following questions:
(Five to Six paragraphs long, 5 to 6 sentences for each paragraph)
Use these sources to answer the following question:
I. What factors influence voter turnout and registration?
Texas Election Turnout https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2022-11-10/texas-election-turnout-dropped-again-this-year-experts-arent-surprised
Early voting in Texas https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/28/texas-2022-election-turnout-tracker/
Voter Turnout and Political Participation in Texas https://oertx.highered.texas.gov/courseware/lesson/1103/overview#:~:text=Voter%20Turnout%20in%20Texas&text=Overall%2C%20voter%20turnout%20among%20the,than%20the%20turnout%20increase%20nationwide.
Use these sources to answer the following question:
II. How does Gerrymandering impact elections and representation?
Gerrymandering Explained https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained
What is Gerrymandering and how does it impact you? https://www.whqr.org/local/2016-12-01/coastline-a-new-way-to-approach-congressional-redistricting
Here is how partisan gerrymandering impacts Texans https://www.keranews.org/politics/2021-10-07/with-redistricting-underway-heres-how-partisan-gerrymandering-impacts-texans
Use these sources to answer the following question
III. How do you think the Texas voter ID law and recent attempts of purging voter rolls affect voter turnout in Texas? Where do you stand on these issue? Explain why you favor or oppose voter ID laws or challenging the status of voters on voter rolls.
Texas Voter ID Laws https://www.texastribune.org/topics/voter-id/
It’s harder to vote in Texas than in any other state https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/19/texas-voting-elections/
Texas Voting Laws Compare To Other States https://www.keranews.org/government/2022-10-31/how-texas-voting-laws-compare-to-other-states
Texas Mail-in Votes https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/11/texas-mail-in-voting-lawsuit/
THE LINK TO YOUTUBE VEDIOS ARE BELOW:
Use these sources to answer the following question
How would you rate Texas’s voter turnout during elections (Presidential and Midterm elections)?
Turnout and Voter Registration https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml
Texas Voter Turnout ( Midterm Elections) https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/10/texas-voter-turnout-2022/
Texas Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections https://www.texascounties.net/statistics/electioncomparison2020to2016.htm
Presidential Elections (2020) Voter Turnout https://www.brookings.edu/research/turnout-in-2020-spiked-among-both-democratic-and-republican-voting-groups-new-census-data-shows/
