Teaching activity
US Politics - What Explains the Low Turnout in the USA?
Jim Riley
7th August 2018
A useful short video here from the FT that attempts to explain why turnout in US elections is relatively low compared with the likes of the UK and other established democracies.
Jim Riley
Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.
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