It’s Hard To Turn Out Voters If They Don’t Know When To Vote

By Monica Brady-Myerov
Nov 12, 2009, 4:52 PM
1 Comments

There’s an interesting question buried in the Suffolk University poll out Thursday on the Senate race.

Question No. 28 asks the voters interviewed to tell them when the special election is. And guess what? Only 7 percent of the Democrats polled got it right — Dec. 8.

Five percent of the people named another day in December and 15 percent knew the primary was sometime in the month of December, but couldn’t name a date. What’s most disturbing is that 40 percent couldn’t decide when voting day is.

It looks like there’s a lot more that voters need to learn about in this election — and it’s not just about the candidates.

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Peter Doherty

Not that interesting. I couldn’t have told you today. I
don’t need to know today. I don’t care today. Media
coverage will no doubt make it obvious in the days that
lead up to the election, right in time.

If you can find that only 7% of those who intend to vote
know when to vote two days before the election, *that*
would be interesting.