Voter Turnout Youth 2020

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Voter turnout youth 2020. New data released from tufts university shows a large early youth voter turnout in the 2020 election including key battleground states. Within the early voting boom youth turnout seems to be surging more than 6 million voters under 30 have cast early ballots compared with roughly 2 million at the same time in 2016. In a state like ohio that s historically a battleground state youth voter turnout can be influential.

Youth voters have traditionally had low turnout the 48 4 of 18 29 year olds who turned out in 2008 marked the highest percentage since 1984 but numbers have more recently been slightly. A student voter registration event at brooke point high school in stafford va in 2018. Our calculations based on votes counted as of november 18.

Young voter turnout surged in response to key issues like the pandemic racism and climate change. According to circle s exclusive estimates youth turnout was much higher in the 2020 election than in 2016. By rainesford stauffe r.

In 2016 the united states ranked near the bottom 30th out of 35 of developed countries in voter participation. To understand why high youth voter turnout data matters so much it s important to contextualize it. The number of.

Nationwide and in ohio the 2020 election has had record high voting numbers. Youth voter turnout was high in 2020 but youth organizing is the big story young people say their investment in politics goes far beyond any one election. But since then voter turnout has steadily declined dropping below 54 in 2012.

Youth voter turnout increased in 2020.