Young, Diverse, and Undecided Voters Identify Race and Money as Top Priority in Presidential Election

NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Complex Collective, Complex Networks' primary audience insight research engine that offers a direct line to over 30,000 qualified, high-intent and diverse young people from all over the world, released its findings from a recent survey titled Untapped Potential: How To Mobilize Undecided & Disenfranchised Voters. The audience polled represented disproportionately Black, Hispanic, Women, and Gen Z, a group that makes up nearly two-thirds of the population eligible to vote this year. Collective focused on explaining who this youth electorate are, how they got here, and what it will take to get both undecided and disenfranchised voters to understand their vote's overall impact on the 2020 Presidential election in November and beyond.

Primary questions explored:

• What actually does matter to them?
• Who do they trust?
• What issues are most likely to get them to spring to action?
• What's the best approach and messenger to deliver the information on those issues?

Of the most surprising discoveries was that celebrities and influencers were the absolute least trusted source of information on politics. Even when asked who their most trusted celebrity is, about half still said no one. Killer Mike and Trevor Noah specifically were among the most mentioned trusted celebrities because they fall into a different category. They're viewed as "Experts On Issues" - this category being among the most trusted sources of info.

Collective found that this Untapped group values consistent and genuine expertise over popularity. Both Democrat and Republican parties have leaned heavily on celebrity alignment and endorsements as an entry point to this target audience. The findings show this is an ineffective way to sway their vote.

To learn more about how both parties can use the learnings of this research to sway the Untapped voter, head over to Complex Networks' Collective .

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