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Voter Apathy

Article Evaluation
The article has a great overview of voter apathy overall as a concept, but all of the sub-points are U.S. centric. The article admits this as a fault, and it is one area in the article where I can see myself adding improvement.
The article makes the point to distinguish itself from Political Alienation, but the sentence is unclear and vague. After this point, the article takes on a neutral tone (slightly biased towards the viewpoint of increasing voter turnout, but not sure if that is a bias). The section "Effects on the United States" is much too broad considering the article is mainly talking about the United States, and should be restructured and broken down into clear sections. Finally, the solutions do not mention common techniques for increasing voter turnout, and it feels unfinished.
Sources
Find some statistics on voter apathy in countries other than the US[1][2]
Find more general sources[3][4]
New initiatives to help with voter apathy in the coming election[5][6][7]

CHAZ

Article Evaluation
The article gives a great overview of the events that happened leading up to and during the CHAZ occupation. However, I feel as though the timeline would be clearer if broken down into sections by date or week, and I hope this organization can be added. The article also does a fantastic job contrasting the viewpoints of different prominent figures concerning the activity within CHAZ, with little bias.
The mention of BLM protestors negotiating with the police comes out of nowhere, as it is not clearly mentioned in the beginning of the article. I think an evaluation in the relation of BLM with the CHAZ occupation is required.
I also really enjoyed reading the Discourse part of the article, and I hope to expand on it with more positive results from the CHAZ occupation in forms of art.
The words "protest" are used very often, but considering the difference in many of the protests that took place, I would have liked a clearer description of the "barricade" vs. the "peaceful protest".
There is also interesting descriptions of the types of government that were created and maintained in CHAZ, but the descriptions seem to missing big portions of critical events and individuals involved. Only one important individual is named.
The article is also considered controversial.
Sources
Include more viewpoints from protestors[8][9]
Descriptions of Leadership and Government[10][11]
Aftermath of CHAZ[12][13]

Black Suffrage

Article Evaluation
The description for black suffrage is inadequate and short. It gives little introduction to the vast areas that black suffrage has been an issue or not, instead focusing only on the United States. Considering there is a different article dedicated to black suffrage in the United States, there needs to be many more sources to cover areas such as South Africa, Europe, etc. and also be reflected in the initial description.
Australia's section is extremely short, and can be greatly expanded on.
I also believe it is not fair to group "South Africa" the state underneath "South Africa", an undefined region. It would be better to label the area as Africa, and to include as many relevant African nations as can be included.
The Belgian Congo also has its own section, even though it is part of Central Africa. The section divisions are unclear and vary greatly in length, with many missing areas.
I also believe the title of this article is misleading, because I am not sure if it is focusing on Blacks voting overall, or struggles that Blacks had in voting in areas across the world.
Sources
Add content from the Black Suffrage in the US page to be reflected here[14]
Research Australia's history with black suffrage[15][16]
Find sources for black suffrage in African nations[17][18][19][20]

Experimental Political Science

Article Evaluation
The article description is very good, but only consists of one sentence. There needs to be an overview of what the article covers as well as a short description of highlights.
There is only one section, and that is the History and Usage section. This section describes the conception of experimental political science, and gives a list of the disciplines it has been used in. That is the end of this section.
The lack of substance in this article (because it is unfinished) makes it very difficult to evaluate. Instead, I can see large areas of improvement and many opportunities to add to this article!
Sources
About Experimental Political Science[21][22][23][24][25]
Studies conducted with Experimental Political Science[26][27]
  1. ^ Mataka, Blessing (May 2020). "THE EFFECTS OF VOTER APATHY ON THE GROWTH OF ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON KABWE CENTRAL CONSTITUENCY".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Waller, Lloyd George (2013-04-15). "Enhancing Political Participation in Jamaica: The Use of Facebook to "Cure" the Problem of Political Talk Among the Jamaican Youth". SAGE Open. 3 (2): 215824401348665. doi:10.1177/2158244013486656. ISSN 2158-2440.
  3. ^ Fowler, Anthony (March 2013). "Five Studies on the Causes and Consequences of Voter Turnout" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Why don't people vote? Five causes of voter apathy". Raconteur. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. ^ Statt, Nick (2020-06-16). "Facebook wants to help register 4 million voters this year with new 'Voting Information Center'". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. ^ Root, Danielle; Kennedy, Liz. "Increasing Voter Participation in America". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  7. ^ "Voter Apathy Has Its Causes, But YALI Has Solutions | YALI Network". Young African Leaders Initiative Network. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  8. ^ Scher, Isaac. "'Everybody I've talked to feels significantly safer': A protester living near Seattle's 'autonomous zone' explains why the neighborhood is better without cops". Insider. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  9. ^ "Trump told to back off over Seattle protest zone". BBC News. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  10. ^ Kelly, Jack. "Meet Raz Simone, The Alleged 'Warlord' Of The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  11. ^ Wallace, Danielle (2020-06-11). "Seattle autonomous zone 'leader' denies acting like 'warlord' in 'no cop, co-op'". Fox News. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  12. ^ Spears, Michael. "'No idea what's next': Moving out of Seattle's occupied protest zone". KIRO. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  13. ^ jseattle (2020-06-22). "'They're kids' — 19-year-old remembered in the aftermath of Capitol Hill protest zone shooting". CHS Capitol Hill Seattle. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  14. ^ "Black suffrage in the United States", Wikipedia, 2020-09-14, retrieved 2020-09-15
  15. ^ corporateName=National Museum of Australia; address=Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula. "National Museum of Australia - Indigenous Australians' right to vote". www.nma.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Education resources for schools teachers and students - ABC Education". Splash. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  17. ^ "AP Was There: Black South Africans get the vote". AP NEWS. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  18. ^ Lewis, Aaron Ross, David (2018-03-10). "In Congo, voting machines raise suspicions among president's foes". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-09-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Murphy, Caryle (1978-12-05). "Voting Begins Quietly In Namibia's First Multiracial Elections".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Namibia Votes as Ruling Party Faces Unprecedented Challenge | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  21. ^ Morton, Rebecca B., and Kenneth C. Williams. Experimental political science and the study of causality: From nature to the lab. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  22. ^ Druckman, James N., et al., eds. Cambridge handbook of experimental political science. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  23. ^ Kittel, Bernhard, Wolfgang Luhan, and Rebecca Morton, eds. Experimental political science: Principles and practices. Springer, 2012.
  24. ^ McDermott, Rose. "Experimental methods in political science." Annual Review of Political Science 5.1 (2002): 31-61.
  25. ^ Lodge, Milton, Charles Taber, and Brad Verhulst. "Conscious and unconscious information processing with implications for experimental political science." Cambridge handbook of experimental political science (2011): 155-170.
  26. ^ Lupia, Arthur. "New ideas in experimental political science." Political Analysis 10.4 (2002): 319-324.
  27. ^ Karpowitz, Christopher F., and Tali Mendelberg. "An experimental approach to citizen deliberation." Cambridge handbook of experimental political science (2011): 258-272.
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