Young voters are significantly less engaged in this year’s election than at a comparable point in 2008 and now lag far behind older voters in interest in the campaign and intention to vote. … Not only are young registered voters less engaged, but fewer young people are registered to vote. […] Read more »
Growth of early voting transforms electoral strategy
Election Day is more than six weeks away, but by Nov. 6 tens of millions of Americans — perhaps as many as 40 percent of all voters — will have cast their ballots in the presidential race and other contests. The robust growth in early voting, either by mailed absentee […] Read more »
Voting Wrongs
… Want to fix an election? No problem. Just make up a story that the other side is trying to rig the election—and meanwhile try to rig the election. … Watergate was a struggle over the Constitutional powers and accountability of a president, and, alarmingly, the president and his aides […] Read more »
Democratic Enthusiasm Swells in the Swing States, Nationally
Voters in the 12 states USA Today and Gallup consider the key swing states that could decide the 2012 presidential election are now significantly more enthusiastic about voting this fall than they were in June. Six in 10 (59%) are either “extremely” or “very” enthusiastic, up from 46%. Voter enthusiasm […] Read more »
PBS NewsHour: Pew Poll Suggests Big Turnout
A new Pew poll suggests Americans are paying attention to 2012 campaigns, and that Election Day will see high numbers of voters cast their ballots. Gwen Ifill talks to Pew Research Center’s Andy Kohut and the Huffington Post’s Mark Blumenthal for what the latest polls say about the mood of […] Read more »
Poll says voters support Pennsylvania’s voter ID law
Nearly two-thirds of likely Pennsylvania voters support the state’s new law requiring official photo ID to vote, according to the Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll, but behind the overall numbers lie sharp divisions. [cont.] Bob Warner, Inquirer Read more »