A movement has been under way for some time now, one rooted in what can be a hard truth for some news organizations: Traditional election coverage hasn’t been serving communities well. It’s been too driven by the horse race, by polls and pundits, by the competition to be first and by listening too much to candidates and not enough to you, the voters.
We are breaking with that tradition. The Colorado Sun is joining newsrooms across the state in doing something that we all need to get better at: listening.
What do you want candidates to talk about as they compete for your votes?
Voter Voices 2024 asks Colorado voters what their priorities are in this election cycle so that we can report and write more responsive, representative and fair stories. We want to capture not simply the odds, but the stakes.
The heart of Voter Voices is a short survey built around a key question: “What do you want candidates to talk about as they compete for your votes?”
We want to know what your top three concerns are and how much faith you have in the election process. We’re asking you to tell us a little about yourself so that we can ensure that we are, in fact, listening to all parts of our community. You can choose to remain anonymous. We hope you won’t.
So, please take a few moments to fill out the survey. Colorado voters can be the guiding light of a model of election coverage that puts citizens — what you care about and why — first.