“I think that it’s not always understood that the ultimate day-to-day working of elections, like on the ground, facilitating, making sure somebody can vote, is done by your neighbors.”

In this last episode of the season, on Democracy in the United States, Nicola Sharratt describes her experiences as an election worker in Fulton County in Georgia, we debate just how pervasive corruption is in US civic and political life, and the impact of guns on college campuses. Nicola provides a fascinating perspective on life and democracy in the US, given her experiences as both a duel-citizen, and an archaeologist with an 800 year perspective on how societies deal with conflict and inequality.

What Democracy Looks Like In... is a podcast where ordinary voters explain how democracy works in their countries. In each episode an emigrant voter and a voter currently on the ground describe their lived experiences of democracy, of voting, and of trust versus corruption in their home country.

Find out more about the topics discussed in this episode and the series as a whole at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.democracyinpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!