A rising tide lifts all votes
Show of hands — who knew that in the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump won more votes than any presidential candidate who had ever run before him (emphasis on before )? In order to beat Trump, Joe Biden had to win even more votes than that record-breaking number – which he was only able to do by expanding the total voting population to unprecedented numbers. In the dust-storm of election news and intrigue, it might be easy to miss the fact that Trump won so many votes, or that the election pla
In the 2020 elections, all the action took place around a high water mark for voter turnout. Can we ever go back to America’s famously low participation ? How can we boost civility and engagement simultaneously? The “lottery effect” offers tantalizing possibilities.