Title: Record Voter Turnout Predicted for 2020 Election | Fortune
Headings: Record Voter Turnout Predicted for 2020 Election
Record Voter Turnout Predicted for 2020 Election
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Content: In terms of hard numbers, the organization's platforms generated 36,589 registered voters in 2015 through mid-July, compared with 54,424 this year so far, according to Feldman
While more than 20 high-profile Democratic candidates battle it out for a chance to unseat President Trump, voters tied to both major parties are clearly paying attention. Between the last presidential election in 2016 and the midterm elections in 2018, turnout numbers remained high even though there typically is less interest in off-year elections. Catalist, a firm that studies voting practices, predicts that 156 million people will cast ballots in 2020, a major rise from the 139 million that voted in 2016. The Democratic firm based its prediction on studies of the midterm elections last year. “The composition of the 2018 electorate resembled recent presidential electorates much more than recent midterms,” Yair Ghitza, Catalist’s chief scientist, wrote on Medium. Rock the Vote, a nonprofit committed to getting people registered to vote and to the point where they’re casting ballots, says that with the higher turnout already apparent, the organization will continue with its mission to drill down and focus its efforts on getting people of color and younger people—who are typically underrepresented—to cast ballots and also continue to educate people on how to vote, particularly in this age of multiple options, from early voting to absentee voting. The organization has a program that brings voter education into the high schools, and they plan on relaunching it for this election cycle in mid September. “It can be confusing for first-time voters and young voters to figure out how the process actually works,” Feldman told Fortune. “ A lot of what we’re doing right now is making sure that young people are educated in how to actually cast their ballot.” He added, “Each state has different deadlines, different rules: