As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a new report “America Goes to the Polls 2014” ranks voter turnout in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and looks at major factors underlying voter participation. This is the only report using final data certified by state election offices.
Nonprofit VOTE partners with America’s nonprofits to help the people they serve participate and vote. They are the largest source of nonpartisan resources to help nonprofits integrate voter engagement into their ongoing activities and services.
Nonprofit VOTE was founded in 2005 by a consortium of state nonprofit associations and national nonprofit networks to provide resources and trainings for the nonprofit sector on how to conduct nonpartisan voter participation and election activities.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Only 36.6% of eligible citizens voted in the 2014 mid-term elections, the lowest in a midterm since World War II. Turnout varied widely across states by as much as 30 percentage points.
- The report cites specific strategies that have or could significantly increase voter participation rates.
CLICK HERE to read the report, available for download beginning Thursday morning, March 12, 2015.
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