The decline in political activity proved true for every category, from preaching a sermon on a public policy issue (1 % did so in 2016, down from 37 % in 2014) to
distributing voter guides (36 %, down from 45 %) to speaking to the congregation about the importance of voting (62 %, down from 78 %).
Companies may also encourage registration for a particular party, distribute voter registration information advocating for or against specific candidates, prepare and
distribute voter guides that advocate for a particular candidate, and finance voter mobilization, such as voter identification activities, some legal experts say.
They use the so - called «stealth» techniques less than they once did, but they still like to come in at the last minute and
distribute voter guides, often putting them on cards at churches, or to conduct saturation telephone campaigns on the weekend before the election.
Not exact matches
This last election, the Christian Coalition
distributed forty - five million
voter guides on the Sunday before the election.
This week, the group is
distributing a comprehensive
voter guide, at equalityny.org/endorsements, identifying its picks for November 8.