Matthew May

Survey: More Idahoans think the state is on the right track. But disagree on some policy ideas. • Idaho Capital Sun Results from Boise State's survey suggest Idahoans oppose private school funding using public taxes and favor less restrictive abortion bans.

Most Idahoans oppose sending tax dollars to private or religious schools, and most favor less restrictive abortion ban policies than what's in Idaho law, according to public policy survey by Boise State University.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/17/s...

Statehouse roundup, 1.17.25: JFAC OKs big-dollar ‘maintenance’ budgets Inside: Idahoans weigh in on teacher pay, private school choice in annual survey.

In other Statehouse news, see why Idahoans had to say about teacher salaries, private school choice, and more. www.idahoednews.org/top-news/sta...

Election reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’ Voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with, as almost all of the reforms in nine ballot measures across seven states and Washington failed to pass.

Efforts to change to multi-party primaries or ranked choice voting failed across the board in #Election2024 Political scientist Matthew May explains: https://buff.ly/3B1phW8
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Election reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’ Voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with, as almost all of the reforms in nine ballot measures across seven states and Washington failed to pass.

Election reform was on the ballot across the U.S. this past Election Day - voters largely said “no.” I wrote about some of the lessons we can take from that for The Conversation.

One of the more interesting takeaways — Boise State’s 9th Annual Idaho Public Policy Survey last year found that only 29% of Idahoans favored the Prop 1 combination of top-4 & ranked-choice. A year later, only 30% voted “yes.” Hardly any movement. #idpol

Election reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’ Voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with, as almost all of the reforms in nine ballot measures across seven states and Washington failed to pass.

Election reform was on the ballot across the U.S. this past Election Day - voters largely said “no.” I wrote about some of the lessons we can take from that for The Conversation.

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