(mis)Representative Democracy, A New Series From Throughline

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

America has never been a country of one person, one vote. And that's by design. Our system was built by a select few, for a select few. We were never all supposed to get a say.

In this series, we'll take a close look at voting in America, and how that's shaped what American democracy is, what it was meant to be, where it's failed, and what it might become.

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0:00.0	I
0:06.0	Doesn't look like it might be the year
0:12.0	And I don't give a damn I just look at it
0:22.0	At times just free and faith me in a single place to shade day turning point in man
0:30.0	On ending search for freedom
0:40.0	So we're talking about this right to vote this power
0:48.1	Part of what we understand in the ongoing battle to stop people from voting is the recognition of what that power means
1:00.5	That having a say is foundational to the way that we understand the United States of America and democracy
1:08.0	That's the battle playing we're on
1:13.6	We're told that all votes matter that the will of the people matters
1:18.5	But when you pull back the curtain is that really true?
1:22.2	This representative democracy a new series from NPR's through life episodes drop October 15th

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