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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
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
Local Idaho voters now need to show photo ID or sign affidavit
“The primary concern is that the impact of photo ID requirements are particularly felt by elderly people, low-income people and often racial minorities,” said Estelle Rogers, an attorney with Project Vote. Read more
Fight Tea Party Voters with Fresh Voters
Project Vote, Demos, The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the local civil rights groups who sued these states and won (forcing turnarounds at state public assistance agencies) have been waging a lonely fight to implement the National Voter Registration Act. Read more
Labor Seeks to Mobilize Jobless, Progressive Base
The importance of labor, youth, and minority voters in the upcoming midterm election was underscored in an important briefing paper by Project Vote's Lorraine Minnite… Read more
More Richland County low-income residents registering to vote
Job and Family Services offices in Ohio were taken to task in a 2006 lawsuit contending they failed to go far enough to register low-income voters, but voter registration at those locations skyrocketed after a court settlement went into effect in January. Read more