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Connections: Is There A Future For American Democracy?

WXXI News | By Evan Dawson
Published March 11, 2015 at 2:31 PM EDT

Is American democracy doomed? "Yes," says Vox.com columnist Matt Yglesias in his piece that has sparked debate.

Our panel of political scientists discusses the future of possible collapse of our current form of government:

  • Timothy Kneeland, chair of the department of political science, Nazareth College
  • Rob Shum, professor in The College at Brockport’s Department of Political Science and International Studies
  • Sean Sutton is chair of the Department of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology
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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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