What Actually Gets People to Vote?

Decades of research point to no single cure for low turnout. People are more likely to participate when voting is easier, elections offer meaningful choices, the consequences are visible and . . .

by Brandon Burley and The Redemption Project

Decades of research point to no single cure for low turnout. People are more likely to participate when voting is easier, elections offer meaningful choices, the consequences are visible and someone gives them a reason to believe showing up matters.

Tennessee has an interesting voting problem.

Some of the stat…