Study Shows How to Increase Low-Income and Ethnic Voter Turnout

Study Shows How to Increase Low-Income and Ethnic Voter Turnout New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 10, 2008 Editor's Note: Results of a multi-year, non-partisan study by the James Irvine Foundation as part of its California Votes Initiative could offer a way to induce registered immigrant and low-income voters to go to the polls on Election Day. Viji Sundaram is an editor at New America Media. SAN FRANCISCO – Personal contact, rather than mailers or pre-recorded phone calls, is the best way to increase voter turnout in low-income and ethnic communities, says a report from The James Irvine Foundation released recently. Indirect methods such as sending out postcards or announcing from pulpits make "very little difference," according to Jim Keddy, director of California’s Pacific Institute for Community... [read full story]