Welcome to Insights – TargetSmart’s tipsheet to provide regular updates on the latest voter registration, early vote, and voter turnout trends. Here are today’s key takeaways: More than 16 million Americans have requested a mail ballot for the 2020 general election (this doesn’t include the all-mail states which pushes the total to over 65M). Among these requests, Democrats have a [...]

From: Insights@TargetSmart.com  Re: Insights: Dems Outpace GOP in VBM Requests -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TargetSmart Insights Thursday, September 18th  Welcome to Insights - TargetSmart’s tipsheet to provide regular updates on the latest voter registration, early vote, and voter turnout trends.  Here are today’s key takeaways: More than 16 million Americans have requested a mail ballot for the 2020 general election (this doesn't include [...]

By Tom Bonier It’s an understatement to write that America is living through challenging times. We are experiencing a public health crisis, an economic crisis, widespread protests over racial injustice, and the impacts of climate change as wildfires spread on the West Coast. As a result, the composition of the electorate may be more fluid than any presidential election in [...]

On September 18th, states will begin to allow voters to cast their ballots in-person, and more states will open early voting in the coming weeks. However, millions of voters across the country aren’t waiting for in-person voting to begin and have instead requested vote by mail ballots and it’s clear: Democrats are building a massive advantage in early voting by mail. Here [...]

Joe Biden holds a 7-point lead over Donald Trump, 51 to 44 percent, among likely 2020 voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, based on the findings of our recent statewide poll conducted over Labor Day weekend. Our poll shows Trump’s favorability ratings lagging well behind Biden’s. Just 42 percent of Pennsylvania voters have a favorable personal opinion about the [...]

Welcome to Insights - TargetSmart's tipsheet to provide regular updates on the latest voter registration, early vote, and voter turnout trends. Yesterday we launched TargetEarly, our comprehensive early vote dashboard that gives you the ability to analyze the early vote. The tool is updated daily and includes a wealth of demographic data including age, gender, race, and education level, as well [...]