In the 2016 presidential election, Texas’ voter turnout placed near the bottom of all the states, ranking 47th. In Texas’ recent 2018 mid-term election, which featured a closely contested US Senate race and concurrent gubernatorial election, not even half of eligible voters (46.3%) participated. This issue of The Takeaway explores Texas’ consistently low voter turnout and some policies that could help increase it. The author is a Bush School student whose work was supported by a research fellowship from The Texas Lyceum.The Texas Lyceu
State laws determine alternative voting options and play a role in U.S. voter turnout as a result. S...
Historically, college students have had a low voter turnout despite having particularly high politic...
The voter participation rate in the U.S. varies significantly from one region to another. At the sta...
In the 2016 presidential election, Texas’ voter turnout placed near the bottom of all the states, ra...
For the Texas Democratic Party (TDP), the ability to win statewide elections hinges on the ability t...
Among major democracies, the United States has one of the lowest voter turnouts. Presidential electi...
Our recommendations section proposes specific strategies to increase turnout in South Texas and make...
This study is intended to explore the relevant relationship between mistrust in government officials...
America is witnessing a crisis of democracy unseen since the times of the Civil Rights Era. In spite...
R. Michael Alvarez of the California Institute of Technology and Jonathan Nagler of NYU analyze the ...
In 1987, the Texas legislature passed legislation calling for no-excuse absentee voting and created ...
Voter turnout in the United States is low in comparison to other modern democracies. Turnout also va...
This study examines state-level political participation in an analysis that integrates registration,...
Low voter turnout has become a serious problem in most democracies, not only in the United States bu...
This project is looking at voting behavior and the reasons people vote. Upon further research, I dis...
State laws determine alternative voting options and play a role in U.S. voter turnout as a result. S...
Historically, college students have had a low voter turnout despite having particularly high politic...
The voter participation rate in the U.S. varies significantly from one region to another. At the sta...
In the 2016 presidential election, Texas’ voter turnout placed near the bottom of all the states, ra...
For the Texas Democratic Party (TDP), the ability to win statewide elections hinges on the ability t...
Among major democracies, the United States has one of the lowest voter turnouts. Presidential electi...
Our recommendations section proposes specific strategies to increase turnout in South Texas and make...
This study is intended to explore the relevant relationship between mistrust in government officials...
America is witnessing a crisis of democracy unseen since the times of the Civil Rights Era. In spite...
R. Michael Alvarez of the California Institute of Technology and Jonathan Nagler of NYU analyze the ...
In 1987, the Texas legislature passed legislation calling for no-excuse absentee voting and created ...
Voter turnout in the United States is low in comparison to other modern democracies. Turnout also va...
This study examines state-level political participation in an analysis that integrates registration,...
Low voter turnout has become a serious problem in most democracies, not only in the United States bu...
This project is looking at voting behavior and the reasons people vote. Upon further research, I dis...
State laws determine alternative voting options and play a role in U.S. voter turnout as a result. S...
Historically, college students have had a low voter turnout despite having particularly high politic...
The voter participation rate in the U.S. varies significantly from one region to another. At the sta...