Most Americans say it’s very important to vote to be a good member of society
More Americans say it’s very important to vote in elections to be a good member of society than say the same about any other activity in the survey.
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More Americans say it’s very important to vote in elections to be a good member of society than say the same about any other activity in the survey.
97% of Asian Americans registered to vote say a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their race or ethnicity when deciding whom to vote for.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
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Americans who hold less consistently liberal or conservative views tend to be less engaged in national politics.
We identified 261 U.S. jurisdictions that have adopted some voting method other than the winner-take-all system most American voters know.
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An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.
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