2024 Voter panels

Political identities are heightened in an election year, and our team are interested in getting past the labels to understand the lives and priorities of voters that shape their ballot decisions. We're hosting a series of voter panels where Washingtonians will meet to talk together about their political values and what issues and policies drive their voting choices.

This program will consist of three round robin panels in which all participants mostly align with the same political party but have different perspectives on their ballot choices. Debate and disagreement will not be encouraged, and we are not looking for incendiary opinions. The intention is to hear about people's personal preferences and why they have them in order to build understanding on how people reached their choices and show there is variety in decisions and reasoning within political identities.

The panels will take 90 minutes and be held in person at KUOW in Seattle over the next three months. We will record the audio and visuals of this discussion for use in our elections coverage to ensure our listeners are hearing from fellow voters. Participants do not have to be identified by their full name, we would be happy to just use just first names or initials.