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”