2020 Post-Election Briefing: Who Voted and Why — A Conversation with Public Opinion and Political Strategists

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PPT Slides:

• Kevin Akins, Anzalone Liszt Grove Research 
• Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions
• Terrance Woodbury, HIT Strategies

This webinar is part of a two-part program that explores what the recent elections tell us about political participation, dialogue on the direction of the country, and the future of social and economic policy and is part of the EOF post-election virtual funder learning series.

Part 1 — A Conversation with Public Opinion and Political Strategists December 2, 2020 | 2:00-3:00 PM ET Hear from nationally recognized public opinion and political strategists on who voted, what issues and messages moved voters and results from key races and ballot measure campaigns. What do the election outcomes mean for voter engagement and building public and political will for social and economic policy?

• Jean Ross, The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust (Moderator)
• Kevin Akins, Anzalone Liszt Grove Research 
• Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions
• Terrance Woodbury, HIT Strategies

           

Related Resources:

• American Election Eve Poll 2020, a survey conducted by Latino Decisions, the African American Research Collaborative, Asian American Decisions, and the National Congress of American Indians of 15,000-plus voters. 
• Toplines and Key Findings from National General Election Exit Poll of Black voters, HIT Strategies.
• Trump’s Strategy to Win Over Black Men is Working. Here’s How Democrats Need to Fight Back, By Terrance Woodbury, HIT Strategies.
• What We Know About How White and Latino Americans Voted In 2020, By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Geoffrey Skelley and Laura Bronner, FiveThirtyEight, November 23, 2020
• Trump Didn’t Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote, Letter from Texas, Politico, November 17, 2020.
• The $15 Minimum Wage Won in Florida, But Biden Didn’t. Here’s Why, By McKenna Schueler, In These Times, November 13, 2020.
• What Went Wrong With Polling? Some Early Theories, By Nate Cohen, The New York Times, November 10, 2020.
• About those Polls, The Daily Podcast with Nate Cohen, November 10, 2020.
• The Wages of Wokeness, The Optimistic Leftist, Interview with Ruy Teixeira, November 6, 2020.
• Some Latinos Voted for Trump. Get Over It, By Isvett Verde, The New York Times Opinion, November 5, 2020.
• The Myth of the Black Male Trump Supporter, By Michael Harriot, The Root, October 28, 2020.
• This Is How Biden Should Approach the Latino Vote— Some ways of talking about race and class are more effective politically. And not just with Hispanics, By Ian Haney López and Tory Gavito, The New York Times Opinion, September 18, 2020.
• Connecting Black Voters to Political Power, HIT Strategies, September 2020.

Part 2 — A Conversation with National and State Organizers December 3, 2020 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET Learn More Here National and state organizers will explore key strategies and outcomes from voter engagement efforts. What happened, who voted, and what issues and messages moved voters?  What does the new political landscape (at the federal and state level) mean for struggling workers, families and communities?  How can we capitalize on the engagement infrastructure created during the election season? What opportunities and challenges should funders be paying attention to?

• Hahrie Han, SNF Agora Institute and P3 Lab, Johns Hopkins University (Moderator)
• Dorian Warren, Community Change
• Jennifer Epps-Addison, Center for Popular Democracy
• Tram Nguyen, New Virginia Majority
• Alejandra Gomez, Living United for Change in Arizona

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