“Voting is habit forming,” added Dr. Kelly Siegel-Stechler, a senior researcher who works on youth voting with CIRCLE. “Once you vote once, it becomes much easier to vote for the rest of your life.”

The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement identified the House, Senate and governor’s races where youth voters can have the most impact

CIRCLE reports “research has shown that communities where young people vote, volunteer, help their neighbors and belong to groups or associations can be more prosperous and resilient places.”

A recent report from CIRCLE detailed that nearly half of states already have more young people 18 to 24 registered to vote than they did in November 2018.

CIRCLE data on the 2020 youth vote in Georgia informs this podcast about the power and influence of young Black voters in recent elections and on the 2022 midterms.

Tufts’ Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement recently cited data that concludes that states with facilitative election laws clearly have higher youth voter participation rates

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.