"Ballot Roll-Off". I had NO idea what this meant.

[MontanaMama]

Apparently Dems do not vote down ballot as consistently as republicans and it’s killing us in state government. I know we all know this on some level but here’s what SisterDistrict.com has revealed:

Our research team has been digging deep into a hidden voter problem that is Democrats’ biggest barrier – and biggest opportunity – to taking control of state legislatures.

We have already determined Democrats would have gained control of 14 more chambers in 9 states in 2020 if they had only been able to increase their down-ballot votes by 2% or less. And, those votes could have come from people who were already voting for Democrats at the top of the ticket.

Currently, we are investigating what kinds of people roll off their ballots and why.This research has huge implications for the general election this November. In 2024, we are developing and testing messages to address this problem, and we’ll work in coalition with our friends and allies to put these messages into practice during the 2024 general elections.

Things hugely important and I did not understand how big of a problem it is and how slight Democratic defeats were at the state level.

https://sisterdistrict.com/

Instagram video explains this in detail.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6FXKSIpDZZ/?igsh=NDJzYzBiYzVrdTRm

[2naSalit]

1. I knew about the...

Phenomenon, didn't know what it was called.

[MontanaMama]

2. Same.

I'm blown away how close these elections were and they should NOT have been.

[2naSalit]

3. It certainly...

Answers some questions about how we got so magatized.

[yorkster]

4. Older people used to say vote "straight ticket".

Years later it's absolutely essential.
Also, once you were registered, you voted in every damn election.

Hadn't heard of ballot roll-off either, but it's what I've been doing for many years.

Thx for this. - important.

[MontanaMama]

5. It sure is.

I was just talking with my 18 year old kiddo about it. From the research, it sounds like the people who don't vote down ticket are young people, women and people of color. We've got to get messaging out to change minds.

[yorkster]

6. Have to correct myself - ballot roll-off is

what I haven't been doing. Other than 2 votes decades ago for R governors in Mass. it's been straight ticket Dem.
The 2 R candidates were Frank Sargent and Frank Hatch. Eons ago in my 20s.

[MontanaMama]

7. Same!

I've never not voted all Dem down ticket. My dad instilled that in me early.