Monthly Archives: September 2020

Welcome to Insights – TargetSmart’s tip-sheet to provide regular updates on the latest voter registration, early vote, and voter turnout trends. Here are today’s key takeaways: As of Tuesday afternoon, TargetSmart has tracked 1,088,897 votes cast already in the 2020 general election. 7% of these voters are participating in their first general election. Based on…

Welcome to Insights – TargetSmart’s tip-sheet to provide regular updates on the latest voter registration, early vote, and voter turnout trends. Here are today’s key takeaways: As Sara Gideon mounts a strong campaign against Senator Susan Collins, new Democratic voter registrations are outpacing Republicans by a wide margin. By the end of August, Democrats lead…

Welcome to Insights – TargetSmart’s tipsheet to provide regular updates on the latest voter registration, early vote, and voter turnout trends. Here are today’s key takeaways: More than 16 million Americans have requested a mail ballot for the 2020 general election (this doesn’t include the all-mail states which pushes the total to over 65M). Among…

By Tom Bonier It’s an understatement to write that America is living through challenging times. We are experiencing a public health crisis, an economic crisis, widespread protests over racial injustice, and the impacts of climate change as wildfires spread on the West Coast. As a result, the composition of the electorate may be more fluid…

On September 18th, states will begin to allow voters to cast their ballots in-person, and more states will open early voting in the coming weeks. However, millions of voters across the country aren’t waiting for in-person voting to begin and have instead requested vote by mail ballots and it’s clear: Democrats are building a massive advantage…