{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Election Series: Voter Suppression, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph.D. ","description":"Amanda is paying attention and feels like she knows less.    Let\u2019s just dive right in, shall we?  Amanda wants to know if our election process is fair. Why does it seem like some countries have it figured out and America is still over here trying to screw in a friggin\u2019 lightbulb? Clearly there isn\u2019t a way to have a one size fits all approach to a nation so large, but it seems like we don\u2019t even have a say in choices being made at all (Electoral College, heard of it?). Why are communities of color less incentivized to vote? Is voting a right or a responsibility?     This week, Amanda is joined by NYU professor and political scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph.D. to discuss voter suppression. Andrea explains the ways in which people are prevented from making decisions that would be beneficial to our future. Autonomy generally seems like a good idea, but that tends to not work as well for a team mentality. And how about this slice: people in power have incentives to make voting difficult because they don\u2019t want to lose.  How do we get people to care about \u2018D\u2019? Andrea also shares the greatest equation of all time when discussing the personal \u2018cost\u2019 of voting.  Check out \u2018Ask A Political Scientist\u2019 on YouTube, Thursdays at 7pm EST \u2018The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotion In Politics\u2019 by Davin Phoenix Follow Andrea on Twitter and Instagram @jonesrooy   Follow the show on Instagram @ihaveaquestionthepodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter and Instagram @amandavannos   Thoughts? More questions? Email the show! Ihaveaquestionthepodcast@gmail.com   ","author_name":"I have a question!","author_url":"http:\/\/ihaveaquestion.libsyn.com\/website","html":"