Election Day is a defining moment in American democracy.  Students in this course will  be required to make two posts to the course blog concerning Election Day experiences from any political contest in American history between 1840 and 1948.  Each post should be about 500 words and include one featured image, multiple links to –and brief quotations from– primary sources (such as newspaper articles, diary entries or recollections) and some selected quotations from leading secondary sources along with recommendations for background reading and contextual information.