Because the American Electorate Should Represent the American People
Low-income and minority citizens—both significant portions of the American population—are historically alienated from the electoral process. As a result, the proportion of the U.S. population that registers to vote and that does vote is highly skewed towards Whites, the educated and the wealthy.
These disparities in the electorate weaken our democracy and skew the national agenda by excluding from major public policy decisions the voices of the least powerful and most vulnerable citizens.
Project Vote research documents these disparities, and works to close the gaps by encouraging voter participation among underrepresented populations, and eliminate unfair barriers to voter registration and participation.
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Poll is a ‘Refreshing Corrective’ to Media Narrative of Tea Party Domination
Project Vote’s new poll, which reveals the “rising electorate” from 2008 has starkly different views about the role of government... Read more
Poll: Extremist ‘Tea Party’ Represents Minority Fringe Views, As Media Ignore Majority Opinion
The political positions of those describing themselves as sympathetic to the "Tea Party" represent a vast minority view, according to a new poll commissioned by Project Vote. Read more
Poll: Vast majority of tea party participants are white, wealthy and affluent
In a survey of Americans who voted in 2008, the nonpartisan group Project Vote found that, by and large, those sympathetic to the tea parties were white, wealthy and affluent people, whose political views represent approximately 29 percent of the electorate. Read more
One-third of all voters want more government spending, poll finds
While anti-spending rhetoric dominates the air waves, a new poll by Project Vote found that roughly one-third of voters from the last election support more government spending. Read more
Obama’s Forgotten Base
A new poll from Project Vote of 2008 voters is a refreshing corrective to the Tea Party narrative. Read more
New Poll Shows More Americans Want a Government That Does More, Not Less
Today, Project Vote released What Happened to Hope and Change? A Poll of 2008 Voters, a new report summarizing the... Read more
The An-Tea Party
The GOP is not America, and a majority of Republican voters is not the same as a majority of all voters. Enter Project Vote’s new poll, which focuses on the black, youth and low-income voters… Read more
New Poll Presents the 2008 Electorate’s Views on Government
Today Project Vote released What Happened to Hope and Change? A Poll of 2008 Voters, a new report summarizing the results of a telephone survey of 1,947 Americans who cast ballots in 2008, analyzing their views on the role of government, government spending, and the budget. T Read more
What Happened to Hope and Change? A Poll of 2008 Voters
This report summarizes the findings of a poll, conducted in July 2010, which reveals that most Americans are dissatisfied with the current state of the country, but a clear majority of them want their government to do more, not less. Read more
Celebrating Women’s Suffrage Brings Another Election Issue to Light
Next week marks the 90th anniversary of the American woman’s right to vote. Since the passage of the 19th amendment,... Read more