成人直播 political scientist Brian Duff interviewed by 鈥楳PBN鈥 on predicted voter turnout for statewide ballot

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Brian Duff, Ph.D., chair and associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was interviewed for Maine Public鈥檚 鈥淢aine Things Considered鈥 program on October 16. The program focused on predictions of voter turnout for four statewide questions that will be on the November 7 ballot.

Duff said that communities with hot button ballot issues, such as York County, where there is a proposal to build a casino, could see higher voter participation. 鈥淵ou can get something analogous to when the bear hunting questions was on the ballot a few years ago and you saw increased turnout in northern Maine,鈥 he stated.

Because this is an off-year election with no candidates on the ballot, voter turnout is expected to be low. According to Duff, for low turnout elections, the best way to encourage voters to go to the polls is through door-to-door advertising, which requires significant money and time. 鈥淒oor-to-door work is the only way to turn out the vote and that costs a lot of money and you knock on a lot of doors and don鈥檛 get an answer,鈥 he said.

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Brian Duff
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