Data from our post-election survey suggests that youth in states with facilitative electoral laws may have faced fewer barriers to vote.

In more than half of states where data is available, there are more youth ages 18-24 registered to vote than in 2018. But the numbers among teens ages 18-19 are less positive.

The Wisconsin governor's race is #1 in our Youth Electoral Significance Index ranking of elections where youth can have a decisive impact.

Ahead of National Voter Registration Day, there's a lot of work to do to register 18- and 19-year-olds: the newest eligible voters.

Young people of color are critical in this electoral battleground, but new voting laws pose challenges to equitable participation.

Young voters in Arizona can have a big impact in the 2022 midterms, but barriers to voting create challenges that campaigns and organizations must address.

CIRCLE’s Youth Electoral Significance Index rankings highlight that young voters can decide congressional elections all across the country.

Research suggests that policies like online, automatic, and pre-registration can increase youth voter participation, especially where there is effective and equitable implementation.

CIRCLE’s updated, exclusive data-based rankings of the races where youth can influence results seek to expand conversations about young people’s role in elections.

CIRCLE co-led qualitative and quantitative studies that found a complex relationship between social movements and electoral engagement.