DAY 19

We spent part of the day in Richmond, Virginia, and then drove to Charlotte, North Carolina, where we stayed with friends and attended a pre-Halloween costume party.

A few people have noted that we should explain what we do in our on-the-street interviews. Our interviews typically include the following questions:

Are you registered to vote?
Do you vote regularly?
Do you vote in local as well as presidential elections?
What does voting mean to you?
What does your vote mean at the local, state and federal levels?
Is voting a topic you discuss with family and/or friends?
Do most of the people you know vote or not?
Do you approve of the way voting is handled in your municipality?
Do you have a voting story?

Depending on the answers (and level of engagement) we ask follow-up questions and encourage people to talk about any voting-related topics of particular interest to them. Sometimes these interviews last 3 minutes; sometimes they go on for half an hour.