READ ME FILE
The lecture topics, lectures, and reading are organized by the lecture date, e.g.,
“Oct15L” are Lecture outlines for that day, and the Reading associated with them is
indicated by “Oct15Ra,” “Oct15Rb,” “Oct15Rc,” “Oct15Rd,” for the October 15, 2019,
class. The pound sign (#) before the reading title indicates that the reading is required.
The lack of a # designation before a reading title means that it is NOT REQUIRED, e.g.,
“Oct22Rd “FEC Statistical Summary of 18 Month Campaign Activity of the 2015-2016
Election Cycle.” The X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8 and X9 designations are for
transcripts of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States with its
Amendments, Louisiana Voter Registration Card (used to maintain defacto racial
segregation), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012, Section 7, Elections,
which is a compilation of tables (Table 397 to Table 427; pp. 244-264) with political
information published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and the National Exit Polls
done in conjunction with the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Presidential Elections and the 2010
and 2014 midterm elections. The Statistical Abstract, while compiled and published
every year, began to be compiled by a non-government organization in 2013.