The 2020 census and congressional apportionment have dominated the headlines in recent months. What could it all mean for the average American voter?
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball holds his granddaughter after winning the provincial election in May 2019. Young people are leaving the province for jobs and opportunities, but should still be allowed to vote in provincial elections.
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A sociologist spent over a year interviewing black, white and Latino residents of a declining coal town in central Pennsylvania, plumbing the sources of their political disillusionment.
The seats in 2019 with the lowest turn-out were not any of the youthful inner urban seats but, rather, remote regional seats.
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Data show that low turn-out also happens in seats with a high proportion of Indigenous people, and seats with a high proportion of renters.
Occasional voters don’t respond well to guilt trips when organizations try to encourage them to cast ballots. Research suggests other methods are more successful.
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Conflict made its way to the Supreme Court this past session with two cases – one about the census, the other about gerrymandering. A court scholar says the two cases are intimately connected.
Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2019.
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Approval ratings are usually a good way to predict the winner of the next presidential election. But Trump’s numbers fall far outside any historical trends.
D.C. would likely elect Democratic representatives and senators.
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A new bill aims to give the District of Columbia representation in Congress.
Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke at his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, March 30, 2019.
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Charisma may be a necessary trait for getting elected – but it also discourages voters from independent moral deliberation about a potential leader’s qualifications to govern.
Demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, on March 26.
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Chronic underfunding has made elections difficult to run in the UK. Yet the government continues to obsess over voter ID.
Your income, type of work, where you were born, and other social and demographic factors influences your vote more than you may think.
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Americans’ votes in 2020 will likely be a statement on what they think of Trump – rather than a measured choice between him and the Democratic candidate.
School students take part in the global #ClimateStrike rally in Melbourne, Friday, March 16, 2019.
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The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
School students take part in the global #ClimateStrike rally in Melbourne, Friday, March 16, 2019.
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The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
Senate voting is pretty complicated. Here’s how preferential voting and proportional representation work – and how to make sure your vote is counted on election day.