It's Been a Year: The View from a Youth Activist
YR Media
45 percent of young people in a recent CIRCLE poll said they took concrete action for racial justice in 2020 while 29 percent participated in a march or demonstration.
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An ‘Army of 16-Year-Olds’ Takes On the Democrats
The New York Times
In Massachusetts, the turnout among registered voters between 18 to 24 had shot up to 20.9 percent in the 2020 primary from 6.7 percent in 2018, and 2.1 percent in 2016, according to Tufts’ Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.
The 2020 Election Was a Breakthrough Moment For Young Voters
TIME
Roughly 50%, according to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University, a jump of 11 percentage points from 2016 and likely the highest youth voter turnout since the voting age was lowered to 18.
Youth Turnout Was Big in 2020. It May Fall in 2022 If Democrats Fail to Protect The Vote.
Washington Monthly
States that mailed ballots to every voter in the pandemic also saw not only higher overall turnout rates, but especially higher youth turnout rates.