Do Strict Voter Laws Make a Difference?

The Gist

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🗓️ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Last summer, the Supreme Court stopped North Carolina from using a strict voter ID law that would likely disadvantage Democrats and "target African Americans with almost surgical precision." Now, the court is facing two more restrictive voter laws that could seriously change American elections. Rick Hasen covers the wild world of election law on his blog. He joins Mike to discuss the new cases, and other ways that Republican-governed states have tried to suppress turnout. For the Spiel, a Pesca family musical postcard for the holidays. Today's sponsors: Rocket Mortgage from Quicken Loans. Rocket Mortgage brings the mortgage process into the 21st century with an easy online process. Check out Rocket Mortgage today at QuickenLoans.com/gist. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:07.9	It's Thursday, December 15th, 2016 from Slated's Digest I Might Pascar.
0:13.0	Vlad Putin, not a good guy.
0:15.4	Even Republicans don't think he's a good guy.
0:18.4	But, according to a poll by the economist in Yugov,
0:22.5	taken just a couple days ago,
0:24.5	the Republicans of today aren't that against Vlad.
0:28.7	His favorable ratings are 37%.
0:31.8	37% of Republicans said that they have a favorable or somewhat favorable opinion of Vlad Putin.
0:37.5	And 47% said very to somewhat unfavorable.
0:41.5	So that is a net negative of 10% for Vlad Putin.
0:45.0	Now Barack Obama among Republicans here are his numbers.
0:48.2	17% somewhat are very favorable.
0:51.1	81% somewhat are very unfavorable.
0:54.7	Barack Obama is six times as disliked by Republicans as Vlad Putin is.
1:01.2	Come on, Republicans.
1:03.4	Are you nuts?
1:04.9	I disagree with the Republicans.
1:06.4	Unlots of things.
1:07.4	I agree on some things.
1:08.4	Let me give you some things we agree on.
1:09.9	I agree with them on the World Court, not a huge fan.
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