Wow - that 86% figure (percent of registered young people who vote) just blows my mind. As recently as an hour ago I would have been whining about young people's voter apathy. The issue isn't that young people aren't voting, it's that young people aren't registering to vote.
Awesome stuff! Beyond just helping to elect more Democrats, it also strikes me that if the youth portion of the electorate is significant, it will have dramatic implications on policy and platform focus by both parties and make it good politics to be more future centric than the status quo makes it.....nobody is looking to ignore the needs of seniors, parents, laborers, and business owners....but it would be great for there to be a greater electoral pressure point on both planning and messaging (and therefore engaging more) with folks who will be living with the consequences of our current decisions a decade or more ater 👍
The county I live in has been doing similar work with our 10 high schools for several years now, starting about 5 yrs ago. I sit on an advisory committee to our local County Registrar of Voters, so I am able to see voting statistics by such things as age group, after each election. It has been wonderful to see the rise in voting numbers for 18 to 21 yrs old, above what it was for years before we began this program. And we see students getting more involved in the entire election process with helping candidates, working at the polls on election day, and much more.
We began our program with, actually, a high school student approaching the Registrar and the advisory committee asking us to start this program. The Registrar then went to the County Superintendent of Schools to get her approval and she took it to the various school administrations, in both public and private schools. The program is now up and running in all 10 schools. And now with The Civics Center existing, it will be so much easier for everyone, everywhere to get this program running in their schools. So worth working with them, and donating to them to keep spreading this around the country to every single high school. Thanks Simon for featuring TCC and Laura today.
Thanks, Simon. This was truly eye-opening! I've long believed that registering HS students was a good idea, but the statistics and incentives make it a no-brainer!
Awesome work !! Thank you a million...
At the same time, this nice conversation here too :
https://www.democracydocket.com/defendingdemocracy/?emci=931a5016-86eb-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=a9cb462f-90eb-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&ceid=28500511
We are all on this, thank you so much Mr. Rosenberg !!!
Wow - that 86% figure (percent of registered young people who vote) just blows my mind. As recently as an hour ago I would have been whining about young people's voter apathy. The issue isn't that young people aren't voting, it's that young people aren't registering to vote.
Awesome stuff! Beyond just helping to elect more Democrats, it also strikes me that if the youth portion of the electorate is significant, it will have dramatic implications on policy and platform focus by both parties and make it good politics to be more future centric than the status quo makes it.....nobody is looking to ignore the needs of seniors, parents, laborers, and business owners....but it would be great for there to be a greater electoral pressure point on both planning and messaging (and therefore engaging more) with folks who will be living with the consequences of our current decisions a decade or more ater 👍
How can Hopium Addicts pool donations and sponsor a field office? Can we come up with $25k?
The county I live in has been doing similar work with our 10 high schools for several years now, starting about 5 yrs ago. I sit on an advisory committee to our local County Registrar of Voters, so I am able to see voting statistics by such things as age group, after each election. It has been wonderful to see the rise in voting numbers for 18 to 21 yrs old, above what it was for years before we began this program. And we see students getting more involved in the entire election process with helping candidates, working at the polls on election day, and much more.
We began our program with, actually, a high school student approaching the Registrar and the advisory committee asking us to start this program. The Registrar then went to the County Superintendent of Schools to get her approval and she took it to the various school administrations, in both public and private schools. The program is now up and running in all 10 schools. And now with The Civics Center existing, it will be so much easier for everyone, everywhere to get this program running in their schools. So worth working with them, and donating to them to keep spreading this around the country to every single high school. Thanks Simon for featuring TCC and Laura today.
Thanks so much for this information, so helpful!
Inspiring! I have always thought best to focus on college students. Not anymore!
Thanks, Simon. This was truly eye-opening! I've long believed that registering HS students was a good idea, but the statistics and incentives make it a no-brainer!
I came up with a term to counter "Voter Suppression." It's "Voter Supersizing!"
Simon, your link to the Harvard Youth Poll is broken (likely they changed it after you posted): Here's corrected version:
https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/45th-edition-spring-2023