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Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 07:20 PM Jun 2018

What percentage of the voting-age population is aware of what went on at the G7 Summit?

Or that there even is such a thing? 15%? 20%?

And what should be done to change that? How can the Democratic Party, in particular, increase awareness and increase voter turnout in this country?

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What percentage of the voting-age population is aware of what went on at the G7 Summit? (Original Post) Garrett78 Jun 2018 OP
And what percent of that percent gets its info from FOX or RW radio? Sneederbunk Jun 2018 #1
GREAT questions. Squinch Jun 2018 #2
Around 40 percent of eligible voters didn't, so you figure around 90 million Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #3
Good question, but answer is obvious quartz007 Jun 2018 #4
I think 15% is highly optimistic Captain Stern Jun 2018 #5
Concur . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jun 2018 #7
What did go on during the G7? Seriously. Buzz cook Jun 2018 #6
Less than 5%, most people don't have a clue what's going on njhoneybadger Jun 2018 #8

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
3. Around 40 percent of eligible voters didn't, so you figure around 90 million
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 07:31 PM
Jun 2018

don't care enough to vote, probably don't care enough to know what is going on at the G7.

 

quartz007

(1,216 posts)
4. Good question, but answer is obvious
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 07:35 PM
Jun 2018

Less than 5%
Note that:
Most of adults can not remember who their 2 senators are.
Even more adults can not remember who the House of reps are from their state except perhaps Alaska, Delaware, Montana, Dakota's, Vermont & Wyoming. (cuz they all have only 1 House Rep)

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
5. I think 15% is highly optimistic
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 07:47 PM
Jun 2018

Actually, I think that if we polled the voting-age population, and just asked them what the G7 Summit was (don't even ask them what happened there), less than 15% would know the answer (I don't even mean an exact answer, just a reasonable facsimile thereof....like "leaders of some countries getting together)

7. Concur . . .
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 08:16 PM
Jun 2018

15? Start by putting a decimal point between the 1 and the 5, and then probably move down from there.

Buzz cook

(2,474 posts)
6. What did go on during the G7? Seriously.
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 07:50 PM
Jun 2018

Beside Trump acting like a sullen child, what went on? What was up for discussion, what did the members hope to achieve, what opportunities were lost?

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