The race. Those are three regions to Pay Attention to on election night. Host jamie is a political reporter joining us f washing. Host joining us from miami is sam gill, the chief Program Officer and president for the Knight Foundation. A new study on who are the nonvoters. What did you learn . Sam thanks for having me. I am looking forward to the chance to talk to your audience. We commissioned the study because, if you actually count the people who did not vote in the last president ial election that would be the top vote getter, not vote is the top vote getter. We wanted to understand, if so many people are not voting who are they . Why are so many people disconnecting from this basic civic act. We found a few things that were important and some of them surprised me. The first thing we found was that the nonvoters really flitter rates our caricature of those who are not engaged. They represent all walks of life in this country, people from every background and people of diverse inte
Good morning. Please welcome to the stage politico editor at large peter canellos. [applause] good morning and welcome. Im peter canellos, Political Editor at large. Id like to thank you all for joining todays event, americas biggest voting bloc, nonvoters. Thanks to those watching via live stream. As a 202020 Campaign Ramps up both democrats and republicans are working very hard to rally the base. Theyre also trying to win over swing voters, but i think we all know especially we will see today that by far the largest bloc of voters out there come when hundred million voters voting ages of those who dont go to the polls. I cant say enough that the balance of power in the United States rests in those voters. These nonvoters span every demographic, and the racial demographic, age demographic, education demographic. Today were going to have i hope very enlightening Panel Discussion discussing with Party Leaders themselves how the plan to appeal to this group and get some of these people t
Civic act. We found a few things that were important and some of them surprised me. The first thing we found was that the nonvoters really flitter rates our caricature of those who are not engaged. They represent all walks of life in this country, people from every background and people of diverse interests and ideological ideas. It is not just one kind of person. There are things that unify nonvoters. These are folks that have less faith in the system. They have less confidence in the outcome of elections. They are more likely to think the system has been rigged. Matter,ion really does we take it as an article of faith in this country that having an informed electorate and informed citizenry is important. Our Research Found that is true. People who do not vote are less likely to actively seek out news. But intomore likely to news, which is increasingly common in the social news area. They are less likely to have talked about their views growing up. We found that nonvoters are ideologi
To discuss, we have brought together experts. Wheatley we will begin with comments on the Current Situation from the director of analytics and research followed by a Panel Discussion of two new publications. First, we will be discordant joined by a professor who will analyze the propaganda threats targeting democracies globally. We will be joined by dr. Ingram, who has done a project addressing gaps addressing propaganda and disinformation threats. Crucial gaps in the posture confronts malicious activity. Overall, the publications offer a straightforward, strategic framework for understanding state influence. Strategic policy guidelines. Please join me in welcoming our guest. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I am the director for analytics and research at the Global Engagement center at the department of state aired its my pleasure to be here on behalf of the gc special envoy. Before i give a few remarks, i would like to say thank you to George Washington university. We t
Vote block of voters out there, 100 million voters are those who do not go to the polls thati cannot say enough the balance of power in the United States rests in those voters. Nonvoters span every demographic, every racial demographic, age, education. Have iwe are going to hope a very enlightening Panel Discussion discussing with Party Leaders themselves how they plan to appeal to this group and get some of these people to go to the polls. We will also discuss the interesting results of the night study that is being released today. We have all been anticipating for a long time. I want to encourage you all as you follow our discussion to join the conversation on social media. Political elections. Heres a quick video from our sponsor. Theres a crisis facing our democracy. Who has the power to solve it . Is it americas voters, or perhaps its americas nonvoters . In 2016, we witnessed one of our countrys most contentious president ial elections. Donald trump won the presidency , and Hilla