Composition of the Electorate

Because the American Electorate Should Represent the American People

Download Representational Bias in the 2014 Electorate here.
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Low-income and minority citizens—both significant portions of the American population—are historically alienated from the electoral process. As a result, the proportion of the U.S. population that registers to vote and that does vote is highly skewed towards Whites, the educated and the wealthy.

These disparities in the electorate weaken our democracy and skew the national agenda by excluding from major public policy decisions the voices of the least powerful and most vulnerable citizens.

Project Vote research documents these disparities, and works to close the gaps by encouraging voter participation among underrepresented populations, and eliminate unfair barriers to voter registration and participation.

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New Research Memo Sheds Light on First-Time Voters

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New voters played a decisive role in the 2008 election, according to a new research memorandum by Project Vote Research... Read more

Research Shows Americans Aren’t As Conservative as Right-Wing Claims

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Following the 2010 elections, conservative pundits declared America a “center-right nation” with 42 percent of voters now identifying as “conservative.”... Read more

Non-Voters Were the Majority in 2010, Says New Study

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“It is fair to say that 2010 was the year of older, rich people.” That’s the conclusion of a new... Read more

Upcoming Analysis Finds 2010 Electorate is “Old, White, Rich and Republican”

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Today, McClatchy Newspapers gave a sneak peak of Project Vote’s exit poll analysis of the 2010 electorate. The study, which... Read more

WaPo:’Who Will Vote’ Today? Youth?

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Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes on the “unprecedented gap between the entire potential electorate and those who intend to... Read more

Debunking the Tea Party’s Election Night Message

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Experts are predicting major Democrat losses in 2010’s midterm elections, and pundits are already saying that this year’s unusually competitive... Read more

Cracks in the Media Frame Propping Up the Tea Party?

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Three weeks after reviewing (and deciding not to cover) Project Vote’s major new survey documenting how out of step the... Read more

Beneath the Tea Party’s Anti-Government Rallying Cry, Americans Call for Government to Do More

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“Can you hear me?” That’s the recurring refrain in a radio promo for this weekend’s “Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention,”... Read more

WSJ: Poll on Tea Party Movement Growth Also Indicates Mobility Among Minority Voters

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The “Tea Party” movement continues to garner attention, supporting assumptions that they are “very ticked-off people” who are prepared to... Read more

Poll is a ‘Refreshing Corrective’ to Media Narrative of Tea Party Domination

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Project Vote’s new poll, which reveals the “rising electorate” from 2008 has starkly different views about the role of government... Read more