Following the activism that took place after the murder of George Floyd and demands for justice and equality, along with states gradually re-opening around the country, we took this opportunity to check-in on voter registrations and reflections in the electoral process.
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Findings from TargetSmart's Second National Poll of American Voters
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TargetSmart's analysis of who voted in the 2018 Midterm Election.
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It’s been nearly a month since a historic blue wave swept across the
country,
a midterm election that saw Democrats pick up at least 40 seats in the
House.
We can now begin to fully assess exactly how the 2018 midterm election results came to be. The interactive dashboards include state-by-state and national analyses covering vote share and turnout for wealth of demographic data and can be broken down by multiple sub-groups, including age, race, gender, voter score, party rollup, and urbanicity.
Despite not making gains in Ohio in 2018, our analysis shows that Democrats still have a path to victory in the state if they can turn out Suburban and Urban voters who propelled them to victory in other states.
November 2018’s midterm elections show that despite older and whiter voters continuing to compose a majority of the vote share, Democrats still have a path to winning in the state
A significant surge in the vote share of young and Hispanic voters compared to previous elections reflects how a diversifying electorate could have potential impacts on the strength of the blue wave in future elections.
A new TargetSmart analysis reveals a shift toward a younger and more diverse electorate in Arizona, solidifying its status as an emergent swing state ahead of the 2020 election.
Following an electrifying Senate race where Beto O’Rourke’s campaign nearly claimed Ted Cruz’s Senate seat, an energized youth vote may spell trouble for Donald Trump, John Cornyn, and vulnerable House Republicans in 2020.