The Voter and the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign

What role do individual voters play in the current presidential election campaign? In Part III of the special "Getting to Purple: Beyond the Red and Blue of Partisan Politics" series of Academy Evening talks, UW–Madison political science professor Barry Burden talks about partisan polarization and voter turnout, and outlines a toolkit for repair of the electoral process. Recorded on September 24, 2008, at the Capitol Theater in Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI.