voting and turnout rates assignment

For this assignment there are two steps:

Analyze the 2014 California Gubernatorial election results.
Make an educated projection for the 2018 Gubernatorial election.
This year’s election 2018 will be a midterm election. Midterm elections happen every 4 years in-between presidential election years. During these election years, we elect 1/3 of the US Senate and the US House of Representatives and state and local level public servants. During the last midterm election (2014) California voter turnout was at 42% for the November general election. Of the 24.3 million eligible California voters, 17.8 million were registered to vote in 2014. In 2010 turnout was at roughly 60% during the midterm election. California’s population has stayed at roughly 38 million people over the last 5 years. In this upcoming election 2018 we will elect a Governor of California. In the 2014 Gubernatorial election, Jerry Brown(D) secured 60% of the vote while Neel Kashkari(R) captured 40%. This years race for the Governor is between Gavin Newsom (D) and John Cox (R).

voting and turnout rates assignment

Step 1: Make a pie chart in which you show the percent of the California population that elected Governor Brown in 2014.

Step 2: Looking at the registration trends table and public opinion poll, make a prediction about this years Gubernatorial election. If you were on Newsom’s election campaign staff, what would you tell him to do? If you were on Cox’s election campaign staff what would you tell him to do?

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