GUIDING QUESTIONS
Are you registered to vote?
What was your last voting experience?
Within your group of friends / family, how would you describe their interest in voting?
Tell us where you get your information about politics?
Would you mind sharing what political party you registered as?
How much effort do you put into deciding for whom to vote? How informed do you feel about the decision yo are making when voting?
Are there any reasons that you wouldn't vote? What are they ? Tell me more..
How do you feel about California's progress as a state? How do you feel about education in California?
What does our democratic system mean to you?
What issues, even if you currently don't know much about them, are important to you and your daily life.i.e. education, roads, minimum wage, taxes?
How informed do you feel the general public is about our democratic system?
What hindrances do you feel prevent people from participating?
How strongly do you feel about voting Federal and Municipal Elections?
What do you believe your biggest influence is that has impacted your political standpoint?
How is physical proximity of polling station a factor for you when it comes to voting?
Do you feel like physical convenience is a factor for you in your day to day life?
How does language impact your participation in the voting process?
How does the polling date impact your participation in voting process? Do you feel like some days of the week are more preferable than others?
How would you feel about voting on weekend?
How does your place of work help you to participate in the voting system?
Do you know about the process of submitting an "absentee ballot"?
How do you feel about electronic voting?
Do polling stations make it easy to understand the voting process?
What are your thoughts on the entitlement for anyone to vote regardless of language, literacy, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, etc?
What does "being a US citizen" mean to either of these groups? When they hear the phrase "citizen engagement" what comes up?
What importance does voting have to them? In what ways, if any, do they participate in the political system other than voting?