The ABC's US Election Analyst Casey Briggs sets off on a trip around America to find out why the country is so divided and whether there's any hope for the place that calls itself "the leader of the free world".
In Georgia, people who maintain the last election was stolen are now in positions responsible for supervising and certifying. Is it possible to steal an election? Is it enough to run a free and fair election if they don't believe it was?
America's electoral system is littered with advantages that help those in power, stay in power. Politicians in many states draw their own electoral boundaries, but is gerrymandering rotting America's faith in politics?
The 2024 US election for President draws the most attention but a cavalcade of positions are being voted on also: judges, prosecutors, coroners, sheriffs and election officials. Bizarre? Does this reinforce or corrode America's democracy?
Elections are an expensive business in America: most people favour spending limits for political campaigns. Casey Briggs visits Philadelphia, the market most bombarded with political advertising to see what voters make of it.