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pbs.org/wgbh/amex – Ever since a record number of Americans cast votes in the 1960 election, voter turnout has diminished. Harvard historian… Thomas Patterson looks at political participation and America's two-party system in presidential elections. http://www.pbs.org/amex/presidents Voices: Thomas Patterson, historian Franklin D. Roosevelt (archival), president Dorothy Height, National Council of Negro Women William Leuchtenburg, historian Richard M. Nixon (archival), Republican presidential candidate Walter Cronkite, CBS News journalist Miles Neff, podcast narration Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers. more
Latest Episodes (83)
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2008 Sep 24 The Presidents: The Debates | American Experience (10 min)
George Mason University professor Rick Shenkman looks at presidential debates and their impact upon elections.
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2008 Aug 21 The Presidents: The Conventions | American Experience (13 min)
NPR news analyst Daniel Schorr and American University historian Allan Lichtman discuss the role of the party conventions in 2008.
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2008 Jul 24 The Presidents: The Democratic Party and Expanding Opportunity | American Experience (13 min)
Harvard University sociologist Orlando Patterson places Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of Democratic Party history.
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2008 Jul 10 Riding the Rails | American Experience (5 min 15 sec)
At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.
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The Presidents: The Two-Party System and Political Participation | American Experience
10 minutes - 2008 Nov 3
Harvard historian Thomas Patterson looks at political participation and America's two-party system in presidential elections.
The Presidents: The Debates | American Experience
10 minutes - 2008 Sep 24
George Mason University professor Rick Shenkman looks at presidential debates and their impact upon elections.
The Presidents: The Conventions | American Experience
13 minutes - 2008 Aug 21
NPR news analyst Daniel Schorr and American University historian Allan Lichtman discuss the role of the party conventions in 2008.
The Presidents: The Democratic Party and Expanding Opportunity | American Experience
13 minutes - 2008 Jul 24
Harvard University sociologist Orlando Patterson places Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of Democratic Party history.
Riding the Rails | American Experience
5 minutes 15 seconds - 2008 Jul 10
At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.