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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/young-people-are-registering-to-vote-in-huge-numbers-new-study-finds/Young People Are Registering to Vote in Huge Numbers, New Study Finds
In some battleground states, 18-to-29-year-olds now make up a far greater percentage of new registrants.
Kara Voght
Jul. 19, 2018 4:55 PM
The March for Our Lives teens said theyd #VoteThemOut, and a new study suggests they could be poised to do just that. According to the political data firm TargetSmart, the percentage of newly registered voters who are under the age of 30 has grown significantly in a number of key battleground states since the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The surge could have big implications in this falls fight for control of Congress.
The study evaluated all new voter registrations in the 39 states with available data since February 14, 2018the day of the Parkland shootingand calculated the change in the share of new registrants who are 18 to 29 years old. Across the country, the share of youth registrants increased by a modest 2.16 percentage points. But in Indiana, Virginia, and New Yorkhome to some of this years marquee House and Senate conteststhe share of youth registrants increased by 9.87, 10.49, and 10.7 percentage points, respectively. In Pennsylvaniawhere voters will decide as many as nine competitive congressional racesthe share of new registrants who are younger than 30 jumped by a whopping 16.14 percentage points. The study doesnt evaluate how many of the new registrants may have been motivated by the #NeverAgain movement.
The findings offer an early, measurable indication that youth turnout could be higher than in previous midterm elections, though theres no guarantee that many of the new registrants will actually vote. Just under half of all 18-to-29-year-olds were registered to vote in 2014, but less than 20 percent of that population group ended up casting ballots that year. It was the lowest rate of of youth registration and turnout recorded in four decades, according to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
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Young People Are Registering to Vote in Huge Numbers, New Study Finds (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2018
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)2. 2018 is no way comparable to 2014
no similarity in dynamics on any level
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)3. Then why did only 28% say they were committed to voting this year?
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)4. That's a 10% increase
Over typical mid term
lunasun
(21,646 posts)5. Let's hope they hear from Dems who have words for thier concerns . We need the votes
Wounded Bear
(58,619 posts)6. Young first timers and women can carry the Blue Wave...
coti
(4,612 posts)7. THAT is exactly what must happen. nt
empedocles
(15,751 posts)8. Bit o' light
Need all the help we can get
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)9. Our message is getting out....
And Trump is an energizing force for us.
CTyankee
(63,899 posts)10. Read my sig line...
NY_20th
(1,028 posts)11. All of the younger voters I speak with are ready to
vote these jerks out.
I don't know about the rest of the country, but in New York State they are pumped up.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,560 posts)12. GOOD! NOW, LET'S GET THEM INTO THE VOTING BOOTHS OF THE NATION!