Below is a selection of recent CID media coverage:
Mindy Romero tells Yahoo News that despite the lack of outreach to young voters during the 2022 midterms by both parties, youth still proved their power in key races across the country. “Overall, both Republicans and Democrats do a really bad job at outreaching to young people,” she said.
Mindy Romero helps Reuters fact check and debunk the long-held rumor that noncitizens are being allowed to vote in congressional elections in California. “This is a misleading claim that has been circulating for years,” she clarified.
Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu interviews CID’s Romero on voter turnout in the 2022 midterm elections and whether or not pollsters got turnout estimates correct.
Mindy Romero weighs in on the Los Angeles Mayor’s race, citing the fallout from the City Hall recording leak as possibly influencing the race. She notes that frustration with a system that voters deem corrupt can depress turnout, but also have the opposite effect. “Anger is often found to be a much greater motivator for turnout than, let’s say, the reverse, when it’s a positive story.”
Despite mail-in ballots and conditional “same day” registration on election day, there is a wide range of factors why some people show up in-person to vote while others sit it out. Mindy Romero tells Capitol Public Radio that the simplified explanation and blame of “apathy” isn’t only inaccurate, but also ultimately harmful to voter engagement.
The youth vote was considered a pivotal factor in the 2022 midterms, but did they turn out? CID’s Romero says that the problem is not that young Americans are disengaged, but that they frequently don’t see much utility in voting. “They often don't see why voting is an actionable step on issues that they care about.”
While vote-by-mail is still the predominant method used by most California voters, Mindy Romero tells ABC 10 that “in-person opportunities to vote are really important for everyone, but particularly for historically underrepresented groups.” She says in-person voting is often motivated by things like the language assistance services offered in-person or the fact that people simply want to be recognized as voting.
CID’s Mindy Romero joined political reporter Doug Souvern and a roundtable of guests to break down the 2022 midterm elections and the key issues during "The State of California" special show.
