Source A: Sample Election Ballot
Source B: Voter Participation in the Sample Riverside County 2024 Election
Source C: Election Results and Impacts: Scenario 1
In the 2024 Riverside County election, Diana Marsh won the State Assembly Member seat with overwhelming support from senior voters. Once in office, Marsh introduced a bill to reallocate $8 million from the state's workforce training and community college grant program toward expanded senior recreation centers and social outreach programs for adults 65 and older. The bill passed in the state legislature. Several workforce development programs that had served young adults in the district lost their funding and were forced to close.
Source D: Election Results and Impacts: Scenario 2
Despite significant opposition from some residents and local business groups who argued it would raise property taxes, Ballot Measure A passed by a narrow margin. The city used the bond funding to repair roads and expand public transportation, adding new bus lines connecting underserved neighborhoods to the city's employment centers. Within a few years, commute times dropped for tens of thousands of residents, businesses along the new transit corridors reported growth, and unemployment in those neighborhoods declined.
Source E: Election Results and Impacts: Scenario 3
In the 2024 Riverside County election, Mayor Carol Washington lost her reelection bid to Luis Navarro. During her previous campaign, Washington had promised to expand affordable housing options and increase funding for local parks and recreation in underserved neighborhoods. Once in office, she redirected those funds toward downtown business development and commercial real estate incentives. Residents who had voted for her felt their priorities had been ignored. When election day came, many did not return to the polls. Luis Navarro, who had campaigned on returning to the original community priorities, won by a comfortable margin.