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Pew Study Finds 85% of Americans Don’t Think Elected Officials Care About What ‘People Like Them’ Think – Up 30% since 2000

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

A Pew Research Center report released in late April finds that Americans are frustrated with their federal government, and say that elected officials don’t care about what “people like them” think.

Survey Finds Strong Support from Americans for Early Voting & Election Day Holiday Reforms, but Also Restrictive Government-Issued ID Requirements

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

A new study by Pew Research finds Americans broadly support such democracy reforms as making election day a holiday and two weeks of in person early voting, but also think voters must use government issued ID, and voting machines should have paper backup.

Poll Shows GOP Voters Continue to Have Low Confidence in Elections, Despite No Credible Evidence of Problems

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

A quote attributed to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels says, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” Polling just released by the Pew Research Center confirms just before the 2022 midterm election that an alarming number of voters have low confidence in our election system.

Early Voting is Popular Among All American Voters. Why? Because it’s More Convenient

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

In the 2020 election, roughly 70% of America voted BEFORE election day, driven by the pandemic. But it appears that voters LIKE the convenience and safety of voting early, either in person or by mail. Georgia Votes reports that 1.6 Million voters have already voted in the 2022 Georgia midterm. As of Oct. 30, 450,000 more votes were cast early, than in the 2018 midterm.