Preface

1. Background and History
The U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Democratic Representation: Models and Types
The Expansion of Suffrage and Voting Rights
Representation Among Demographic Groups
Selecting Representatives
Conclusion
Further Reading

2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Expanding Voting Rights
Contracting Voting Rights
Voter Turnout in the United States
Demographics of Voter Turnout
Diversity among Elected Officials
Conclusion
Further Reading

3. Perspectives
Young People in American Politics: Past, Present, and Future, Rebecca Bargiachi
Leading in Lavender: LGBTQ+ Representation in the United States, Daryl Barker
Latine Political Representation, Patricia Esparza
The Evolution of AAPI Political Representation in the United States, Mary Chung Hayashi
“Why Don't Young People Vote?”: An Analysis of HBCU Student Political Apathy in Louisiana's Conservative Climate, Cassandra Shepard

4. Profiles
Organizations
AAPI Advocacy Alliance
AARP
American Civil Liberties Union
American Political Science Association
Black Lives Matter
EMILY's List
Equality Now
GLAAD
Human Rights Campaign
LULAC
NAACP
National LGBTQ Task Force
National Organization for Women
National Urban League
Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL)
SBA Pro-Life America
The Asian American Foundation
UnidosUS
United States Supreme Court

People
Susan B. Anthony
Cesar Chavez
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Frederick Douglass
Kamala Harris
Dolores Huerta
Jesse Jackson
Marcia P. Johnson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Harvey Milk
Patsy Mink
Barack Obama
Silvia Rivera
Sonya Sotomayor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Gloria Steinem
Leona Tate
Harriet Tubman
Malcolm X

Further Reading

5. Data and Documents
Data
2024 Presidential Election Exit Polls
Census Data on Income and Education by Demographic Categories
Demographic Data for the 118th Congress

Documents
Constitutional Provisions
John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women, 1869
The NAACP Adds Its Voice to the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1915
A. Phillips Randolph Urges Black Americans to Support Suffrage, 1917
Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, “Woman Suffrage,” 1918
The Civil Rights Act, 1964
Wesberry v. Sanders, 1964
The Voting Rights Act, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson, Remarks at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act, 1965
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 1966
Shaw v. Reno, 1993
Shelby County v. Holder, 2013

6. Resources
Books
Scholarly Journals
Online Resources

7. Chronology

Glossary
Index
About the Authors