CIRCLE"s Youth Electoral Significance Index, which calculates where young people have an especially high likelihood of influencing election results, ranks the Wisconsin’s governor’s race as #1 in the nation and the U.S. Senate race as #5.

Data from Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University shows in 2018, Minnesota led the United States in youth voter turnout with 43.7 percent.

There are more young people on the voter rolls because of the 2018 and 2020 elections, which is a huge boost, because it means they are more likely to be contacted by parties and organizations.

Young people in Georgia, ages 18 to 29, voted primarily for Democratic candidates in the 2021 Georgia Senate runoffs, voting 64% for Warnock, according to CIRCLE. More than 90% of young Black voters backed Democrats in that election.

Abby Kiesa, deputy director of Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, talked about youth voting and how millennials could affect the 2022 midterms.

Young women—and especially young women of color—played a critical role then, and are primed to do so now, explains Alberto Medina, who leads communications at Tufts University’s CIRCLE.

According to data from CIRCLE, Colorado youth have some of the highest voter turnout rates nationwide, ranking third in 2018 and 2020.

Young Americans, too, have been registering at higher numbers this election season, says Abby Kiesa, deputy director of Tufts University's Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).

The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) maintains a 2022 Youth Electoral Significance Index that attempts to quantify where youth might have the biggest impact. For Senate races, CIRCLE placed Nevada third.

According to CIRCLE data, Idaho leads the country in increased voter registrations among 18- and 19-year-olds: 66% more as of September 2022 compared to November 2018.

CIRCLE elections coordinator Ruby Belle Booth spoke with NBCLX about the importance of youth voter registration as a critical necessary step to young people's political participation.

New research shows a lag in voter registration ahead of the November midterms among the country's newest eligible voters: 18 and 19-year-olds.