New Poll Reveals Why People Didn't Vote in the Election; Craig Newmark Foundation!
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Every year, millions of Americans are discouraged, harassed and even forbidden from exercising their most fundamental right in an electoral democracy: the right to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
Nearly half of eligible voters did not vote in the 2016 presidential election across the US, according to data of early turnout rates compiled by the United States Election Project.
It wasn't the lowest turnout in history, though. According to Mashable, about 49% of eligible voters didn't participate in the 1996 election, in which Democratic candidate Bill Clinton beat Republican candidate Bob Dole. Unfortunately, we were close to making history. This could, in part, be attributed to the fact that this election was the first one since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling against the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
One of the top issues we should be considering are the voting experiences that people had during the election. It appears that turnout was lower than the 2012 election, something that doesn't happen very often. From voters who were turned away at the polls to voters who decided to stay home this year for their own reasons, my team worked with the Brennan Center and Lincoln Park Strategies to conduct a poll across several key states where voter suppression is often reported to figure out what was behind this drastic decrease in voters. Check out the data in this infographic.
Here's a summary of what we discovered:
http://craigconnects.org/2016/12/new-poll-reveals-why-people-didnt-vote-in-the-election.html
This article is from; POSTED BY CRAIG NEWMARK The Founder of Craiglist, Craig Newmark Foundation! people seem to forget about Voter Suppression the GOP has been enforcing across the country making a huge difference in outcome!
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