Analysis shows DFL legislative candidates suffer more from 'ballot roll-off' in presidential years
As if getting voters to the polls isn’t hard enough, now anxious politicos have to make sure those voters keep filling in their ballots once they get past the top of the ticket.
An analysis of legislative battleground states — including Minnesota — by a Democratic-aligned organization worries that something it calls “down-ballot roll-off” could be the difference between winning control of legislative bodies in purple states or losing them.
While what some call ballot fatigue comes into play with all voters, regardless of party preferences, the study by Sister District Project concludes that Democrats suffer more when voters leave races blank.
“The difference in roll-off between the two parties is stark,” the group’s analysis stated. “Across 10 battleground states over eight years, contested down-ballot Democrats experienced ballot roll-off 80% of the time compared to only 37% for their Republican counterparts.
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