The Democratic and Republican parties are struggling to engage new
voters in this year's presidential race, with an apparent deficit of
enthusiasm suppressing the number of people who have registered to vote
ahead of the 6 November election.
A Guardian survey of six of the most crucial swing states upon which the outcome of the presidential ballot is likely to depend has found that new voter registrations recorded between January and August this year are markedly down compared with the same period in 2008. The drop is particularly pronounced in several states for the Democrats – a likely indication that Barack Obama's re-election team has been unable to match the exceptional levels of voter excitement generated by his candidacy four years ago.
The six states included in the Guardian survey – Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia – are all being bitterly fought over by Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney. Backed by their respective Democratic and Republican parties, both candidates have sought to maximise turnout by running registration drives in an attempt to attract new voters to their cause.
The Republicans this year have also pursued an aggressive policy of challenging voter rolls in an attempt to wheedle out what they claim are fraudulent names. The Democratic party and voter rights organisations have accused the Republicans of acting maliciously in an attempt to suppress the number of black, poor, elderly and young people registering to vote.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/02/voter-registration-slumps-obama-romney
A Guardian survey of six of the most crucial swing states upon which the outcome of the presidential ballot is likely to depend has found that new voter registrations recorded between January and August this year are markedly down compared with the same period in 2008. The drop is particularly pronounced in several states for the Democrats – a likely indication that Barack Obama's re-election team has been unable to match the exceptional levels of voter excitement generated by his candidacy four years ago.
The six states included in the Guardian survey – Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia – are all being bitterly fought over by Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney. Backed by their respective Democratic and Republican parties, both candidates have sought to maximise turnout by running registration drives in an attempt to attract new voters to their cause.
The Republicans this year have also pursued an aggressive policy of challenging voter rolls in an attempt to wheedle out what they claim are fraudulent names. The Democratic party and voter rights organisations have accused the Republicans of acting maliciously in an attempt to suppress the number of black, poor, elderly and young people registering to vote.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/02/voter-registration-slumps-obama-romney
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