Local and national voter turnout increases in 2018 midterms
In keeping with national trends, voter turnout for Tompkins County increased dramatically in the midterm elections.
In keeping with national trends, voter turnout for Tompkins County increased dramatically in the midterm elections.
The Asian-American vote is the lowest among the major racial and ethnic groups, which leaves many people asking why.
Voter turnout in the 2014 midterm elections marked an all-time low since World War II according to the United States Elections Project.
According to CNN exit polls, 60 percent of youth voters — aged 18 to 29 — voted for President Obama’s re-election, while 37 percent of young voters picked Gov. Mitt Romney. In 2008, 66 percent of young voters chose Obama, leaving 31 percent to vote for Republican Sen. John McCain.
As the final absentee ballots for the 2011 Ithaca mayoral race are being tallied, new poll data shows that students in Ithaca haven’t jumped on the bandwagon of local politics.