Democrats Hope High Voter Turnout Will Boost Odds in Some Races
Turnout: Intensity gap is present, but possibly exaggerated
By this point in the election cycle, we have heard the following meme recycled in the press so often we could recite by rote:
"The Republican Party is energized this year! They'd crawl on their belies over busted glass to vote! The Democrats, on the other hand, are depressed. And that is why the...
New Data Gives Conflicting Testimony About 2010 Turnout
Well, depending on which pollster you are buying stock in (and it is a genuine debate, since neither of them are Rasmussen), Democrats should either be deeply concerned about flagging voter intensity, or heartened by surprisingly high voter intensity among African Americans.
So say a pair of new surveys released this week on the...
Same Day Registration Boosts Youth Vote
A July study by the 8-year-old Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, has found that election-day registration was the most effective state legal reform for raising turnout among youth voters in 2008.
Last November, the youth vote matched the record turnout of the 1972 election, the first year Americans...
