Integrated Voter Engagement

George Pillsbury, with the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, offers a preliminary, yet comprehensive, look at the states and turnout trends. This is a compilation of information from leading sources, like the US Election Project (Michael McDonald), CIRCLE and the major media exit polls.

Voting in western states and southern states was up the most. Due in very significant part to the 3 demographics that added the most voters – Latino, Black and Youth.  read more »

San Francisco, CA – The James Irvine Foundation today released a pathbreaking new report detailing best practices for increasing voter turnout in low-income and ethnic communities. The research documented in the report indicates that rather than the more-typical mailers and pre-recorded phone calls, quality personal contact is the key to reaching these underrepresented groups.  read more »

The 2005 Voter Engagement Evaluation Project (VEEP) generated a series of lessons on effective nonpartisan voter engagement grantmaking (see VEEP Report at www.funderscommittee.org). This analysis informed Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation members regarding effective voter engagement strategies and tactics that they can support. One critical finding is that the most effective way for field organizations to undertake nonpartisan voter engagement work is by integrating this work with their ongoing strategy of base-building, leadership development, and policy work.  read more »

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The LNS is a major "national" telephone survey of 8600 Latino residents of the United States, seeking a broad understanding of the qualitative nature of Latino political and social life in America.