A well-informed and engaged population helps create more successful and enduring planning and policy solutions. MetroFuture seeks a region in which more residents participate in civic discourse; and where civic leaders and officials represent the mix of backgrounds in their community.

Objectives:

• 78% percent of registered voters will vote in presidential elections.
• There will be a smaller gap in voter participation between presidential, gubernatorial, and local elections.
• The demographics of elected state officials will increasingly reflect the region’s genders, ethnicities, and races.
• The demographics of elected local officials will increasingly reflect the region’s genders, ethnicities, and races.
• The demographics of appointed municipal boards will increasingly reflect the region’s genders, ethnicities, and races.