2014 state partner convening las vegas, nevada. early voting in clark county
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2014State Partner Convening
Las Vegas, Nevada
EARLY VOTING IN CLARK COUNTY
2014 MIDTERM ELECTION
Youth 18-29, new citizens, voters of color, low income, female
RAE Voters accounted for - • 81% of population growth in the US
between 2000 and 2010 and…• 95% percent! between 2008 and 2010.• Now represent over half of eligible voters
RISING AMERICAN ELECTORATE
A CHANGING ELECTORATE
US Census Voter Registration and Voting Survey
RECONQUISTA: LATINO POPULATION GROWTHIN THE SOUTHWEST
Percent Hispanic Population by County 20101836 Mexican Border in red
US Census 2010
VOTER CONTACT RATES
Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Poll, 2006 American National Election Studies, 2008
MIDTERM YEAR PRESIDENTIAL YEAR
VOTER CONTACT RATES
ImpreMedia-Latino Decisions poll Nov 2012
TOP REASONS FOR VOTING
Source: Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Survey November 2004
First Time Voters = Blue Previous Voters = Red
WHO VOTES MATTERS
The Party of Non-Voters – Pew Research 2010
WHO VOTES MATTERS
Who Votes Now: Demographics, Issues, Inequality, and Turnout in the United States, Leighley and Nagler, 2013
WHO VOTES MATTERS
2006 ballot measure to raise the minimum wage in Ohio
National Election Exit Poll – 2006
Non-Voters vs. Voters
EXPANDING THE FRANCHISE
2014 Goals• Higher Turnout > 41.6% VEP• Less Drop Off < 34 million• More Representative of the RAE
AMERICA GOES TO THE POLLS
TESTIMONY FROM NCRP
“Groups that register voters and promote voting had greater success (with advocacy) than groups that didn’t engage electorally. Our hypothesis about this is that elected officials pay more attention to policy campaigns of groups that they know can help or hurt them at the polls.”Aron Dorfman, Executive Director, National Council For Responsive Philanthropy, “Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results By Funding Policy & Community Engagement”