Guest contributors Dev Chandra and Robert Reynolds explore why non-activist Democrats have trouble mobilizing their friends to vote. Through original qualitative and quantitative research, the authors use behavioral science to investigate this trend and address implications for Democratic strategy in the upcoming elections. In 2018, Democrats piloted new methods aimed at sparking liberals to get […]
Do non-voters represent a failure of democracy?
The US has one of the lowest voter turnouts compared to other developed democracies. Historic patterns of voter apathy and systematic disenfranchisement of some voters is compounded by fears of electoral interference by outside parties. Will American voters and the government act to revitalize their democracy? After two years of seemingly nonstop op-eds, initiatives, […]