Listen to young people to get them to the polls

Democracy depends on participation, and participation relies on willingness and agency. Mobilizing youth to the polls is the kingpin.

Whether we get a 2024 snap election or go as scheduled in October 2025, youth are going to make up the largest potential voting bloc, writes Amanda Munday. Unsplash photograph by Eliott Reyna

Opinion

BY AMANDA MUNDAY

September 27, 2023

The chorus of “are young people okay?” is getting loud. August’s headline-making polls are suggesting traditionally progressive kids are skewing more conservative than ever, while debt, anxieties, and hopelessness have grown from whispers to screams. Those polls have...

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