Can young voters help Democrats hold Congress?
Both Gen Z and millennials are just as motivated to vote as they were in 2018, the GenForward survey found.
As voter rights cases churn through courts, rights are uncertain. But confusion is guaranteed.
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Could Ohio’s redistricting reform make its elections more competitive?
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Could Ohio's redistricting reform make its elections more competitive?
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Can turnout save the Democrats in 2014?
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There is no wave coming in the 2014 election
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Are the Democrats still at a disadvantage in redistricting?
To what extent are Democrats inherently disadvantaged in congressional elections
Potpourri
* The political science of dating. * Michael McDonald on
Navigating Debates about Redistricting
People feel passionately about redistricting. They don't like how it's
This Week in Political Science
THE DEFICIT SUPER COMMITTEE. A few weeks ago, the Joint
The Political Scientist as Blogger
The new issue of PS: Political Science and Politics contains
Partisan turnout and election results
I just read this "post":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-p-mcdonald/the-age-gap-and-what-it-p_b_807746.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pollster%2Fallcontent+%28Pollster.com+All+Content%29 by Michael McDonald about turnout
Will the Oil Spill Kick Obama’s Ass?
I use the phrase because, apparently, Obama will be talking
At Least “The Aughts” Saw Higher Turnout
Erik asks for positive trends from the past decade. Here
Did the Turnout of Young People Increase in 2008?
Yes. The graph is from Charles Franklin. Michael McDonald has
Compared to What?
Many of the articles in this week's Forum draw on
More on Those Declining Turnout Rates
Like Henry's post below, I was going to start my
Turnout, political science and popular debate
"Michael McDonald":http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol6/iss4/art4/ provides an entertaining bit of snark in his
The Nominations & The Underbrush
[This is the first post in our week-long series on
Don’t Use the Exit Polls to Look at Turnout
Conclusions are already being drawn about whether certain groups were
Turnout, Again
A commenter and Henry have pointed to Michael McDonald's website
Turnout
Phil asks where the turnout surge is. The answer is
Early voting resources
Many of the readers of the Monkey Cage are probably
Pitfalls of Election-by-Mail
From Florida's voter file as of 2005: Percentage of blacks
Obama, Young Voters, and New Hampshire
bq. When candidate support among the different ages of Iowa