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Election Day Is Right Around the Corner. Here’s What Thousands of Coloradans Told Us Matters to Them Most.
Throughout the high-stakes, high-anxiety 2024 election, Coloradans who've taken our Voter Voices survey have been consistent about their top concern: Democracy and good government. That's the chief takeaway from the more than 7,200 people who weighed in any time from early this spring through this week. Their other top issues? The economy, climate and the environment, immigration and abortion. But dig into the details of who took the survey and the top issues and their rankings shift, rising and falling with age, gender and politics. The younger the voter, the higher “social justice and equity” ranks as a priority. Women ranked abortion much higher than men. Conservatives ranked immigration and...
What Voters Are Telling Their Local Newsrooms
“I would like [candidates] to talk about how high and unreasonable the cost of living has...
Taking Another Look at Ohio’s Low-Cost Process for Resolving Open Records Disputes
In 2018, this blog reported on a then-two-year-old process in Ohio that gives requesters of public records...
Funding for Community Listening, Public Engagement and/or Election-Related Events
Colorado newsrooms seeking to build connections and trust with local residents through in-person events can...
