The 2018 midterm elections featured historic highs in campaign spending, media coverage, voter turnout rate, and overall attention and excitement—particularly among young people. For many, that election was also a “year of the woman” in which more than 30 women were elected to Congress for the first time. The 2018 election built on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, the Women’s March, the #MeToo movement and other notable events that have mobilized and inspired young women to ...| circle.tufts.edu
The CIRCLE Youth Voting and Civic Engagement in America data tool includes a Facilitative Election Law score for each state. Research has shown that, just as some restrictive laws like ID requirements can negatively impact political engagement, facilitative election laws—especially related to voter registration—can have a positive effect.| circle.tufts.edu
We estimate that 50% of young people, ages 18-29, voted in the 2020 presidential election, a remarkable 11-point increase from 2016 (39%) and likely one of the highest rates of youth electoral participation since the voting age was lowered to 18. Our new estimate is based on newly available voter file data in 41 states—AK, DC, HI, MD, MS, NH, ND, UT, WI, WY do not have reliable vote history data by age.| circle.tufts.edu