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Article: Public Agenda: Voters Had Positive Experience in 2008 Election, and Intend to Remain Active in Communities, Post- Election Survey Finds.
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- January 15, 2009
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Concerns about balloting problems persist, but aren't driven by personal experience
NEW YORK -- Despite problems at the polls in 2000 and 2004, and fears that they would reoccur in the last election, the vast majority of Americans said they had a positive voting experience in 2008. Even more strikingly, citizens expressed strong enthusiasm about being engaged in their communities, according to a Public Agenda survey of voters conducted immediately following the presidential election.
"Given the historic nature of the recent presidential election, we thought that it would be enlightening to get a sense of what this civic experience meant for voters," Ruth ...