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Plot Your Politics

Who uses ActiVote?

We love activating voters. We work hard to reach a broad set of voters across the country and across the political spectrum. We frequently get asked where those users are and who they are. So far in 2023 we’ve seen a Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, local elections in Illinois in April and then local…
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Biden’s Consistently Low Approval Rating

Over the past 12 months more than 13,000 ActiVote voters have rated President Biden’s performance with a 1 to 5 star rating. The results aren’t pretty with an overall average rating of just 2.33. Biden’s lowest rating came just before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in late July 2022 at 2.17. He then steadily climbed…
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ActiVote turns 4!

January 3rd is our ActiVote birthday and this year we turn 4 years old. Presidents serve a 4 year term and so do many governors and mayors and other local officials. The anniversary of our founding is a good moment for us to look back at what we’ve done and what we still want to…
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Student Loan Debt Relief

On August 24th, 2022 President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive about $500 billion of the total almost $1.8 trillion in student debt held by some 43 million borrowers. For the average borrower it means a reduction in their debt of $10,000 or $20,000, depending on various rules, where eligibility is focused on those…
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Support for Abortion Rights Increased post-Dobbs

After the landmark Dobbs vs. Jackson (June, 2022) Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey (1992), it is now up to the states to decide whether abortion is legal in their state. While the dust has not settled on the actions taken by each of the state legislatures,…
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Voter Apathy or is it just difficult to cast a vote?

As you may or may not know while America may lead the world in many facets of life, voting is not one of them. Americans are generally not great voters, only 20-65% of Americans vote in a given election. If we look at the 2020 election which had record turnout, the result was still only…
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Joe, It’s About Time To Get Back Up

On the campaign trail, Joe Biden liked to quote his father telling him: “Champ, when you get knocked down, you get back up”. Biden would follow it with: “I’ve been knocked down a lot in my life .. but always got back up”. It is that kind of resilience that he will need, looking at…
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Local Legislative Launch

“We’re excited to partner with Activote to connect residents to information about their city government. It’s another great way to see what the City Council is working on, track issues, and learn about upcoming elections.”~ Casey Joe CarlMinneapolis City Clerk Your personalized democracy experience. That is our goal. And what is more personal than local…
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Biden is Bouncing Back

After sliding in the polls during all of 2021, last quarter Joe Biden bounced back from his all-time low. Our Q1 (January-March) poll among 1086 ActiVote users shows Biden receiving a 2.8 approval rating (up from 2.5). He is still 6% underwater with 37% approval and 43% disapproval, but that is a significant improvement from…
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The 2022 Midterms

The midterms are upon us. For some it might feel like the 2020 Presidential election is barely in the rearview mirror and here we are again. So what are the midterms? When are they? How do I vote in the midterms? And why is it important for you to cast your vote this year? TL;DR:…
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