How Gen Z Hurt Republicans in Elections Across the Country
This combination of photos taken on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, shows Abigail Spanberger in Richmond, Va., left, Zohran Mamdani in New York, center, and Mikie Sherrill in East Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, Yuki Iwamura and Matt Rourke) | AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, Yuki Iwamura and Matt RourkeDemocrats notched a series of sweeping victories in key races across the country this...
Political clout of Gen Z voters expected to grow
Polling location at Central Michigan University. Ellie Frysztak/WCMULANSING – With a new generation of voters growing, social media has taken command as the main focal point of political news. Especially for Generation Z. During the 2024 election, the young voter turnout (ages 18-29) in Michigan reached 58%, an increase by 4% from the 2022 midterm election, according to the Circle for...
Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?
Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.Attendees during an election night event with Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, not pictured, in New York City on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. More than 930,000 New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city’s Democratic primary, with more than half withstanding record temperatures to vote at...
Gen Z and first-time voters played a key role in Mamdani’s primary victory. Here’s how the youth vote is reshaping NYC politics.
New Yorkers celebrate Zohran Mamdani’s apparent win in the Democratic Mayoral primary during a campaign party in Long Island City, Queens on June 24, 2025. Photo by Dean MosesYoung voters helped propel Zohran Mamdani to apparent victory in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary — and may have reshaped the future of New York City politics along the way. Mamdani, who declared victory Tuesday in the...
New Data: Nearly Half of Youth Voted in 2024
Major inequities in youth voting by state, race, gender, and age subgroups continue to plague efforts to build a representative democracy.Young people's electoral participation in 2024 was slightly lower than in 2020 but much higher than in 2016.Youth voter turnout varied widely by race and gender, from 58% for young white women to 25% for young Black men.Minnesota, Maine, and Michigan led the...
Opinion: Gen Z Can’t Afford to Withdraw from Politics
"This country is on the brink of seismic political change, and Gen Z must rise to the occasion." Gen Z's share of the electorate will have grown significantly by the 2028 election. Cage Rivera/Rewire News GroupThere are a thousand reasons for Gen Z to be angry right now. As we usher in a new year and a new presidential administration, the nation’s two dominant political parties have yet to put...
Recent Politico national newsletter Campaign Intel piece about the Youth Vote and our America is Calling. Vote campaign
BY MADISON FERNANDEZ Presented by The Heritage Foundation CAMPAIGN INTEL THE YOUTH VOTE — “More than 15 million voters have already cast their midterm ballots, according to the United States Elections Project. But young voters have contributed to a smaller fraction of that turnout compared to this time two years ago,” POLITICO’s Jessica Piper reports. But, but, but: Early voting data is not a...
Youth organizers rallied their peers to vote in the Georgia Senate runoff, building off high voter turnout in the midterms
By Shannon Coan Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (left), a Texas Democrat, and Senator Raphael Warnock (right), a Georgia Democrat, took a photo with college students at the conclusion of a Warnock campaign rally at Georgia Tech on Nov. 18, in Atlanta. Brandon Bell/GettyWASHINGTON — Despite having four final exams and papers due on Tuesday, Alex Ames had a competing priority: Georgia’s Senate...
Dick Simpson: Youth rally in the midterms to carry on the fight for democracy
By Dick Simpson Vivian Mikhail, program coordinator for the Office of Civic Engagement, left, helps freshman Elijah Wooten register to vote on Sept. 25, 2018, ahead of the midterm elections at Loyola University Chicago. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)Now that the U.S. Senate race in Georgia is over, the 2022 elections have finally ended. It is time to recognize that youth are voting to save our...
Encouraging voter turnout ahead of the national elections. Featuring David Hogg and John Rosenthal
The health of populations is shaped by politics and policies that create the world around us. Elections have real consequences for public health, making voting a central pillar of our community efforts towards creating a better, healthier world. America is Calling. Vote! is an effort to encourage voters under 35 to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Join us for a conversation between BUSPH...
When it comes to gun control, our children are Generation Abandoned
Common-sense gun safety legislation routinely dies in the US Senate because of the filibuster. The Biden administration could get around the filibuster through executive orders, such as the recent one on ghost guns.By David Hogg and John Rosenthal Emergency personnel gather near Robb Elementary School following a shooting on Tuesday, in Uvalde, Texas.DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS/ASSOCIATED PRESSConsider...
Lobbying Congress to pass gun control legislation
Gun violence in America has claimed the lives of millions without much legislative change to gun laws. John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, and David Hogg, co-founder of March for Our Lives and Parkland shooting survivor, spoke with Jim about their efforts in advocating for gun control.