Youths are increasing their participation in elections
Tuft’s Circle ‘ND – (Tufts Circle, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, “The Youth Vote in 2022,” No date (Post April 2023), https://circle.tufts.edu/2022-election-center#youth-turnout-second-highest-in-last-three-decades)//DDeng
Based on exit poll data immediately available following the 2022 midterm elections, we estimate that 27% of youth (ages 18-29) cast a ballot in 2022, making this the midterm election with the second-highest youth voter turnout in almost three decades. We also estimate that youth turnout was even higher in some battleground states.
After hovering around 20% turnout in midterm elections since the 1990s, young people shifted that trend in 2018 and largely maintained that trend in 2022, with more than a quarter of young people casting a ballot. Youth are increasing their electoral participation, leading movements, and making their voices heard on key issues that affect their communities.
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