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The youth vote in the United States is the cohort of 18–24 year-olds as a voting demographic, [1] though some scholars define youth voting as voters under 30. [2] Many policy areas specifically affect the youth of the United States , such as education issues and the juvenile justice system ; [ 3 ] however, young people also care about issues ...
In the 2020 presidential election, 66.73% of registered voters in Texas cast a ballot, up from 59.39% in the 2016 election. Here’s how turnout this year compares to recent presidential elections.
Voter turnout in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election by race/ethnicity. Race and ethnicity has had an effect on voter turnout in recent years, with data from recent elections such as 2008 showing much lower turnout among people identifying as Hispanic or Asian ethnicity than other voters (see chart to the right).
"We really took notice with the record youth turnout in 2018," says Carmel Pryor, a senior director of communications at the Alliance for Youth Action, a network of organizations focused on youth ...
Voters under 30 years old are on track to cast a higher-than-expected number of votes during the 2024 presidential election, with youth political groups reporting hourlong lines on college ...
When voting closed on Thursday the percentage of Travis County voters who had already voted was 16.44%. On Friday 41,328 additional votes were counted. [160] Williamson County by the third day had a 64,891 votes out of 376,931 people registered to vote, which meant its turnout was already 17.25%. [171]
Voter turnout also tends to be lower among younger cohorts, and Texas has one of the youngest populations in the country. The median Texan is 35.5 years old, compared to the national median of 38. ...
Furthermore, they argue that an examination of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey shows that turnout is low but not declining among the youth, when the high youth turnout of 1972 (the first year 18- to 20-year-olds were eligible to vote in most states) is removed from the trendline.