In a recent GQ magazine article, Way to Win co-founder Tory Gavito and DFP co-founder Sean McElwee presented compelling new evidence on the question of whether Democrats should persuade swing voters or galvanize their base to have the best chances of retaking the White House. CONT. Alexander Agadjanian, Data for […] Read more »
Brace for a Voter-Turnout Tsunami
Signs are growing that voter turnout in 2020 could reach the highest levels in decades—if not the highest in the past century—with a surge of new voters potentially producing the most diverse electorate in American history. But paradoxically, that surge may not dislodge the central role of the predominantly white […] Read more »
The End of the Polling Booth
We’ve been thinking about elections backward. “The ballot belongs to the voter, not the government,” said Phil Keisling, the former secretary of state of Oregon. “As long as it can be done with safety and integrity, it’s the obligation of the government to get it to me. It’s not my […] Read more »
Securing American Elections: Stanford experts urge a concerted, national response to confront foreign interference
Scholars from Stanford University put forward a comprehensive strategy for what needs to be done to protect the integrity and independence of U.S. elections, with a keen focus on the upcoming presidential campaign in 2020. The report draws on findings that emerged from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian […] Read more »
Today’s voter suppression in the South can trace a line back to the Jim Crow laws and lynchings of the 19th and 20th centuries
The question of who votes is central to democratic politics. For obvious reasons, political parties want their supporters to show up on Election Day, which is why many spend significant time and resources on get out the vote operations. Just as obviously, it helps a party if more of their […] Read more »
Could Russia swing the next presidential election?
… Congress should appropriate money now to fund an independent, nonpartisan task force to study the effects of Russian electoral interference in the 2020 election. … The American public deserves to know whether Russia’s election interference operation might actually alter election outcomes. If not, any federal regulation of social media […] Read more »