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The importance of #GOTV and civic engagement with young people (not only college students) and listening to their important views. Follow CIRCLE - The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement for important data and research on the youth vote. #youthvoice

A recent Harvard Poll has shown that fewer young Americans plan to vote in the upcoming 2024 elections, despite record youth turnout in the 2020 elections. The poll found that young Americans "definitely" planning to vote in the next presidential election dropped eight percentage points from 57% to 49%. Younger Black and Hispanic Americans saw the sharpest declines in their definite voting plans. Additionally, many young voters are skeptical about the leading 2024 candidates' abilities to handle key issues such as climate change, health care, and gun violence. As business executives, we must keep an eye on the youth vote as they are expected to comprise a significant part of the electorate next year. What do you think? Are presidential candidates doing enough to address the concerns of young Americans? #youthvote #presidentialelections #youngvoters #HarvardPoll

During the 2023 New Jersey State Legislative Election, a mere 25.5% of registered individuals exercised their right to vote. What's particularly intriguing is the significant variation in voter turnout among different Legislative Districts, with one district achieving an impressive 35.6% participation rate while another fell far behind at just 8.2%. What adds to the intrigue is the presence of a consistent pattern when delving into the data. At Morales and Associates, L.L.C., our team's inherent intellectual curiosity propels us to dive deeper into these statistics. We firmly believe that the causes of low voter turnout go beyond the simplistic notion that "They don't want us to vote." There's a nuanced narrative waiting to be uncovered, and we're enthusiastic about exploring it. To access the data and embark on the journey of unraveling the intricacies of this phenomenon, please follow the provided link. We encourage you to share this link with your friends and colleagues, initiating a collective effort to understand better who participates in your community's elections and who doesn't. A heartfelt thanks to the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University for their invaluable insights in the development of this article. Without their guidance and support, we would not have been able to produce this content. Let curiosity be your guide! PS: The format of this page will change as we improve our website's functionality. Please bear with us!

From 2021: "The poll results in this article are not intended to predict the election outcome. To do that would require being able to identify who is going to vote. Surveys cannot do that. People who actually vote will differ in ways that are impossible to predict, and opinions can change between the time the poll was conducted and the election." - Marc Zwelling Further notes of importance from the article: ☑ A poll is not a prediction. Claiming a poll was wrong because the vote results were different is like blaming the speedometer if you get lost on the highway. ☑ There is no way of knowing what 235 million eligible U.S. voters actually think. So, no one can know if a poll is right or wrong. ☑ When polling firms assert their polls were "the most accurate" they enable journalists to be the Supreme Court for surveys, ruling on the false distinction between polls that "got it right" and "got it wrong." ☑ Like any survey, pre-election polls measure opinions on the days that polltakers conduct their fieldwork. Even a poll finished an hour before voting places open can fail to foresee an election outcome. ☑ Some people change their mind when they have a ballot in their hand. Another reason polls can't predict election results is that not everyone votes. ☑ A charity has a list of donors. A union has a list of members. Everyone polled from a charity's list is a donor. Everybody surveyed from a union list is in the union. But polltakers can't be certain their samples are exact miniature replicas of the people who vote. ☑ Analyzing U.S. post-election polls from 1966 through 1978, Schneider and Lewis found that the respondents' reported turnout was 5% to 9% higher than the actual turnout. Post-election polls in Canada show the same phenomenon: 70% or more claim they voted, 10 to 20 percentage points higher than the turnout. ☑Remind the news media that a poll isn't a census. Poll results are estimates. A poll poses questions to a sample of the population, not everyone. ☑ Explain that a poll's margin of error refers only to possible errors resulting from skews in the sample (too many older respondents, too few young men or women). There is no way to know the range of possible errors from question wording that influences the answers or asking questions in a particular order.

A big reason voter registration rates vary so much in the U.S. is because states have their own election policies and processes, which can make registering easy or difficult. Election offices also differ in how they educate voters.

A big reason voter registration rates vary so much in the U.S. is because states have their own election policies and processes, which can make registering easy or difficult. Election offices also differ in how they educate voters.

A big reason voter registration rates vary so much in the U.S. is because states have their own election policies and processes, which can make registering easy or difficult. Election offices also differ in how they educate voters.

A big reason voter registration rates vary so much in the U.S. is because states have their own election policies and processes, which can make registering easy or difficult. Election offices also differ in how they educate voters.

The Power of NYers 50-plus: Older voters = NY’s biggest voting bloc. Read the AARP New York report by Gotham on why political leaders across the state should care what 50 voters want heading into tomorrow’s primaries: “The primaries tomorrow, like all recent elections in New York State, will make clear that older voters decide elections at every level,” said AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel. “Regardless of their party, political candidates and those holding office cannot underestimate the power of voters 50-plus – a segment of voters that is powerful, educated and looking for support for Social Security, family caregiving, fair drug prices and other fundamental issues when they go to the polls.” REPORT: Voters Age 50-plus Already Playing Key Role in New York State’s 2024 Elections: Report NEW YORK – Older voters represent the most powerful voting bloc in New York elections, and are likely again to play a pivotal role in tomorrow’s primaries across the state, as suggested by voter turnout for the recent bellwether special election to replace ousted Representative George Santos in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, according to a new AARP New York-commissioned report released today. The report by Gotham Government Relations shows that voters age 50 and up represented 71.2% of the electorate in the February 13 special election to fill the 3rd Congressional District seat vacated by Republican George Santos, who was expelled following alleged financial violations. https://lnkd.in/eVgbEyeg #gotham #gothamgr #advocacy #advocacyny #AARP #NewYork #Vote #Government #politics #election