Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data. CONT. Anthony Cilluffo & Richard Fry, Pew Read more »
How to avoid an election meltdown in 2020: Improve voter registration database security and monitoring
One of the most shocking parts of the Mueller report details the widespread efforts by Russian hackers to attack American election infrastructure in 2016. Specifically, the report presents evidence that the Russian intelligence (GRU) targeted state and local election administration systems, that they have infiltrated the computer network of the […] Read more »
Populists Don’t Lose Elections
… Contrary to conventional wisdom, populists are not distinctive just because they criticize elites. There’s nothing wrong with critiquing the powerful; in fact, it’s often healthy in a democracy. What is specific to populists is the claim that they are the only ones who represent those they often call “the […] Read more »
High voter enthusiasm for 2020 election in new NBC/WSJ poll
Steve Kornacki is at the big board to break down new numbers from our NBC/WSJ poll on voter enthusiasm for next November’s presidential election. MSNBC Read more »
In year of record midterm turnout, women continued to vote at higher rates than men
Both men and women turned out at record rates in the 2018 midterm election – mirroring historic turnout increases among other segments of the eligible voting population. Compared with 2014, voter turnout increased by double digits among both men (11 percentage points) and women (12 points). As has been the […] Read more »
Democratic 2018 vote resembled presidential year turnout
Democrats had a good 2018 and new data released this week helps explain why. Last year’s midterms featured enormous turnout and it was especially high among groups that tend to favor Democratic candidates. Census numbers from the Current Population Survey show spikes in 2018 turnout among young voters, highly educated […] Read more »