Duke Fishman is a fourth-year Political Science major with a concentration in American Politics. His thesis analyzes how changes to early voting policies affect voter turnout, with a specific emphasis on how changes to Sunday voting affect turnout. His research utilizes large voter files from multiple general and midterm elections to compare which demographic groups are most affected by decreases in the number of early voting days. Following Shelby County v. Holder (2013), where the Supreme Court ruled that states were no longer required to preclear voting laws with the federal government, many changes to voting laws have been appearing in states across the US. Looking at categories such as race, education level, age, and distance to the polling location, the goal of the research is to uncover which groups are disproportionately affected by these administrative policies. Duke is also currently the captain of the UCLA hockey team and the co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the Bruin Political Review. He intends to study law after college.
