Philanthropy & Funding
How Philanthropy Can Help Bridge America’s Political Divide
The imperative to invest in risky collaboration has never been greater.
The imperative to invest in risky collaboration has never been greater.
Around the world, people want more say in what questions candidates need to answer during presidential debates.
Lessons from the voter turnout series, a collaboration between the Hewlett Foundation and SSIR.
A recent get-out-the-vote experiment shows that turnout in primaries can be cost-effectively enlarged and broadened by targeting voters who only vote in general elections and who are often ignored by campaigns.
Building on a quarter century of get-out-the-vote efforts, MTV’s 2016 “Elect This” campaign will encourage young people to vote in support of the polices that inspire them, rather than the political system that doesn’t.
Higher voter turnout in those primaries would help prevent polarization and encourage a well-functioning legislature.
Young people can be more engaged in politics, but major institutions must actually want that to happen.
More people would vote (and a more diverse group of people would vote) if they knew more about candidates’ fundamental policy positions.
Recent randomized field trials provide evidence that most get out the vote mobilization efforts have very modest effects on voter turnout, much less than previously thought.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation works to make sure that the message of doing your civic duty by voting hits home.