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I don't disagree, but those young voters still have to show up to vote or the result is the same. They didn't show up in the last election and my state anded up with a Republican supermajority.
Turnout among young voters in 2022 was the second highest for a midterm in the past 30 years.
That's encouraging, and also discouraging since it wasn't enough
At a whopping 27%.
Which, while not great, seems more reasonable when compared to the overall turnout of 46%.
I'm not sure a ~20 point difference really does anything to counteract the narrative that young people don't vote. Especially when those that are 60+ are more than twice as likely to vote than those 18-29.
I guess it depends on what turnout you expect from specific demographics, how you interpret the progress in the turnout of young people, and how you end the sentence, "young people don’t vote because..."
I would never expect voter turnout of 18-29y/o to be any where near the turnout of 60+ voters. Young voters face issues that just don't affect older voters as much, like busy lives/family/work, registration issues, etc. So what's your threshold where you say, "young voters showed up"? Even the numbers for 65+ voters is a bit underwhelming at <70% turnout. I'm optimistic about the trajectory of young voter turnout, but some think it's not happening fast enough or that it's just a blip.