The Presidents: The Two-Party System and Political Participation | American Experience

Summary: 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.