The November 2018 election is widely recognized for its high voter turnout. Census Bureau data released today show who is behind the historic 11 percentage point increase from the last midterm election in 2014. Voter turnout went up among all voting age and major racial and ethnic groups. Fifty-three percent […] Read more »
Young people actually rocked the vote in 2018, new Census Bureau data finds
Voter turnout spiked to a 100-year high in last year’s midterm congressional elections. Census Bureau data released Tuesday finds turnout rates jumped across nearly all groups, but the shift was particularly notable among young adults who typically stay home in nonpresidential years. CONT. Scott Clement & Ted Mellnik, Washington Post Read more »
After Democrats Surged In 2018, Republican-Run States Eye New Curbs On Voting
After high turnout in last year’s midterm elections propelled Democrats to a new House majority and big gains in the states, several Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to change voting-related rules in ways that might reduce future voter turnout. … If enacted, these proposals could have an impact on future […] Read more »
The battle over the voting booth is just beginning
The unanimous vote among House Democrats to approve sweeping political overhaul legislation last week opened what is likely to be a sustained confrontation over access to the voting booth that could reshape not only the competition between the political parties but also the racial division of power in an irreversibly […] Read more »
Florida’s ex-felon voting rules slow to impact registration
This past fall, citizens in Florida voted to give most former felons the right to vote and in doing so they may have fundamentally altered the electoral math in the nation’s swingiest perpetual swing state — or … maybe not. CONT. Dante Chinni & Sally Bronston, NBC News Read more »
Americans Deeply Divided by Party on Ideals of Religious and Ethnic Pluralism
A new PRRI/The Atlantic survey of American attitudes about the health of our nation’s Democratic institutions reveals that partisan divisions over racial diversity and religious pluralism have Americans split, but most are optimistic divisions can be overcome except those that are political. This survey, the latest in a series of […] Read more »