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If you haven’t heard the term youth voter suppression before, listen up. Back in 2020, when the Georgia runoff was triggered, there was a fresh opportunity for young people to register and vote, especially those who turned 18 after Election Day. #youthvote 1/
The Civics Center pointed out that 23,000 young people were turning 18 between the general election and the runoff and they could register and vote even if they had not been eligible to vote in the general. 2/ thecivicscenter.org/blog/2020/11/6…
Many groups did amazing work to promote youth voter registration and GOTV for the runoff. Rates soared. 3/
GEORGIA: if a runoff is triggered, you need to know that the Legislature made some changes since 2020.
PLEASE RT TO SPREAD THE WORD! 1/5
PLEASE RT TO SPREAD THE WORD! 1/5
There are now only 4 weeks until the runoff, not 7. 2/5
THE RUNOFF WILL BE HELD ON DEC 6. 3/5
🎓THREAD: College students make up nearly 20 million eligible voters across the country and are often the target of voter suppression, especially students who move to another state for school. Let’s break down the ins and outs of student voting⤵️
✅Starting with the basics: College students can register to vote using their campus address. In 1979, #SCOTUS affirmed in Symm v. United States that blocking college students from using their school address to register to vote violated the 26th Amendment.
The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the federal voting age to 18 and prohibited voter discrimination based on age. Voting laws targeting college students usually incorporate some aspect of age, so Symm fell under the 26th.🗳
Happy Election Day (again), #Georgia! The polls haven't opened yet, but 3,093,375 Georgians have already cast ballots in the #GASenateRunoffs. That's 78% of the early vote we saw in the November general election.
A #GARunoff record 1 million Black voters cast ballots early, compared to 1.2 million in the general. However, a drop-off of only 15% is better than the 25% drop-off in early voting for whites. Over 80k and 94k Latinxs and Asian Americans have voted, already records for a runoff. 
Over 124k Georgians who didn't vote in November have already voted. An estimated 48% are white, 41% Black, 4% Latinx, and 5% Asian. This includes over 27,000 18-24 year olds. #gapol #youthvote
Nov 2nd #Youthvote thread -
Increase in share of early vote 2020 vs 2016
18-29 - 18%
30-39 - 13%
18-39 - 16%
Total vote, 20 vs 16
18-29 10.4m/4.5m
30-39 10.9m/5.0m
18-39 21.3m/9.5m
GenZ/Millennials stepping up!
Increase in share of early vote 2020 vs 2016
18-29 - 18%
30-39 - 13%
18-39 - 16%
Total vote, 20 vs 16
18-29 10.4m/4.5m
30-39 10.9m/5.0m
18-39 21.3m/9.5m
GenZ/Millennials stepping up!
Folks at @Axios have a good take on the importance of what's happening with young people right now:
axios.com/blue-wave-deca…
axios.com/blue-wave-deca…
#Youthvote thread, Nov 1 -
Increase in share of early vote 2020 vs 2016
18-29 - 19%
30-39 - 14%
18-39 - 16%
Total vote, 20 vs 16
18-29 9.7m/4.2m
30-39 10.2m/4.7m
18-39 19.9m/8.9m
Gen Z/Millennials getting it done.
cleanprosperousamerica.org/young-voter-tu…
Increase in share of early vote 2020 vs 2016
18-29 - 19%
30-39 - 14%
18-39 - 16%
Total vote, 20 vs 16
18-29 9.7m/4.2m
30-39 10.2m/4.7m
18-39 19.9m/8.9m
Gen Z/Millennials getting it done.
cleanprosperousamerica.org/young-voter-tu…
Young people are not just voting in very large numbers, but they are voting much more Dem.
Clinton 2016 was +19 with 18-29 year olds. Been +33-38 Biden in most natl youth polls. This is a big shift.
2020 #Youthvote = higher turnout, much more D.
Clinton 2016 was +19 with 18-29 year olds. Been +33-38 Biden in most natl youth polls. This is a big shift.
2020 #Youthvote = higher turnout, much more D.
Battleground states with highest Gen Z/Millennial vote share increase, 2020 vs 2016 (where have data):
MN 43%
AZ 19%
OH 18%
TX 18%
GA 9%
IA 9%
NC 3%
Want to emphasize - that this vote is up AT ALL, given huge early vote, remains remarkable.
MN 43%
AZ 19%
OH 18%
TX 18%
GA 9%
IA 9%
NC 3%
Want to emphasize - that this vote is up AT ALL, given huge early vote, remains remarkable.
Daily #youthvote thread, Wed Oct 28.
14.2m Gen Z/Millennials have turned out so far in 2020. In 2016 at this point it was 6m.
Gen Z/Millennial share of the early vote has gone from 18.3% at this point in 2016 to 22.2% today. That's a 21% increase.
14.2m Gen Z/Millennials have turned out so far in 2020. In 2016 at this point it was 6m.
Gen Z/Millennial share of the early vote has gone from 18.3% at this point in 2016 to 22.2% today. That's a 21% increase.
Very good stories about the youth vote in @cnn @politico @usnews yesterday (see yesterday's thread). Today we have this really good one from @NBCNews:
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Moving our little youth data spreadsheet to the @CleanProsperous website (below). They are building it out a bit, adding raw vote totals, making it easier to use.
Thanks again to @tbonier @TargetSmart for providing all this great data.
cleanprosperousamerica.org/young-voter-tu…
Thanks again to @tbonier @TargetSmart for providing all this great data.
cleanprosperousamerica.org/young-voter-tu…
Daily #youthvote thread.
13.1m Gen Z/Millennials have turned out so far in 2020. In 2016 at this point it was 5.3m.
The Gen Z/Millennials share of the early vote has gone from 17.7 at this point in 2016 to 21.6 today. That's a 22% increase.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
13.1m Gen Z/Millennials have turned out so far in 2020. In 2016 at this point it was 5.3m.
The Gen Z/Millennials share of the early vote has gone from 17.7 at this point in 2016 to 21.6 today. That's a 22% increase.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Insightful @lbarronlopez #youthvote story in Politico today.
10/26 #YouthVote thread, using @TargetSmart data:
18-39 voted so far
2016 4.6m
2020 11.8m
18-39s have seen their share of overall electorate increase from 17.2% to 21.1% - a 23% increase.
Bigger slice of bigger pie. Motivated electorate.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
18-39 voted so far
2016 4.6m
2020 11.8m
18-39s have seen their share of overall electorate increase from 17.2% to 21.1% - a 23% increase.
Bigger slice of bigger pie. Motivated electorate.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Increase in share of early vote from 2016 to 2020 of 18-39s, by state:
AZ +14
FL +11
GA +19
IA +9
MI +155
MN +52
NC +12
MN +11
OH +21
PA - 9
TX +21
WI +23
AZ +14
FL +11
GA +19
IA +9
MI +155
MN +52
NC +12
MN +11
OH +21
PA - 9
TX +21
WI +23
Some notes:
Polls have been predicting high young voter turnout this year, and we are seeing it so far in the early vote.
Big early youth vote allows Biden campaign to now target lower propensity youth voters they may never gotten to - increases likelihood of historic turnout.
Polls have been predicting high young voter turnout this year, and we are seeing it so far in the early vote.
Big early youth vote allows Biden campaign to now target lower propensity youth voters they may never gotten to - increases likelihood of historic turnout.
#MarcosNotAHero's Martial Law, a thread about #MLMythsBusted #StopHistoricalRevisionism
1. PH's economy was good at the start but didn't last.
@lourddv @Xiao_Chua @jcpunongbayan @ToniSpeakEasy @indayevarona @erintanada @indiohistorian @supernegatrona
1. PH's economy was good at the start but didn't last.
@lourddv @Xiao_Chua @jcpunongbayan @ToniSpeakEasy @indayevarona @erintanada @indiohistorian @supernegatrona
FALSE CLAIM: The peso-dollar exchange rate during the administration of #MarcosNOTAHero was at P1.50 to P2 per dollar. (1965 forex rate - P3.91 per dollar; 1986 forex rate - one dollar was equivalent to P20.46) @rapplerdotcom #MarcosSinungaling
rappler.com/newsbreak/fact…
rappler.com/newsbreak/fact…
FALSE CLAIM: PH was the “richest country in Asia” during #MarcosIsADictator's regime or was as rich as Singapore. (1965 PH GDP - 3rd highest in Asia; 1986 - 5th place trailing behind Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, & Indonesia) #MarcosSinungaling
rappler.com/newsbreak/fact…
rappler.com/newsbreak/fact…
👋👋👋 Hi there, I'm Ben, your friendly neighborhood #youthvote organizer who has spent six years with @NextGenAmerica researching and learning how to get young people to vote for Democrats like @JoeBiden. Here's some quick (public) advice we've learned about what works! 1/
ISSUES: @JoeBiden shouldn't pretend to be a Bernie-style progressive. Communicating about his platform is motivating, specifically:
🏥 Adding a public option to Obamacare
💰 Supporting debt/tuition free public college & HBCUs
☀️ Transition to 100% clean energy by 2035
2/
🏥 Adding a public option to Obamacare
💰 Supporting debt/tuition free public college & HBCUs
☀️ Transition to 100% clean energy by 2035
2/
ISSUES: Working with @BernieSanders's allies to make @JoeBiden's policy platform more progressive DOES increase motivation to vote with key members of the #youthvote, esp folks who are undecided or might sit out the election 3/
The story of ACRONYM started in Virginia in 2017. We knew then, as we do now, that early 💸 to reach voters online matters, and strong coordination can make a difference.
A huge reason why VA flipped this year is that so many organizations 1️⃣worked together, 2️⃣invested early and 3️⃣built smart infrastructure that will last between boom + bust election cycles.
This cycle, ACRONYM ran a Commonwealth-wide non-partisan voter registration program to bring more voters onto the rolls 🇺🇸, invested in local media infrastructure to keep voters informed 📰, and joined forces with the @vademocrats + to run a robust digital outreach program. 👩🏽💻
Student voter turnout in the 2018 Midterms was 40.3% of 10 million students tracked (Tufts), more than TWICE the rate of 2014. And in response, GOP politicians are throwing up roadblocks between students & voting booths. #Payattetion #ThursdayThoughts nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/…
2-"Not coincidentally, the barriers are rising fastest in political battlegrounds and places like Texas where one-party control is eroding. … The headline example is in New Hampshire. There, a Republican-backed law took effect this fall requiring newly registered voters who
3-"drive to establish ‘domicile’ in the state by securing New Hampshire driver’s licenses and auto registrations, which can cost hundreds of dollars annually.” ~NYT We've got some work to do! We can't sit back for this again. #VoterSuppression #VoteBlue #youthvote
Many of the #youthvote kids that I've talked to are primarily concerned with 3 things, Trump, Climate Change & Gun Control. Don't tell me they aren't voting this year. My impression is that they sure are! #ElectionDay #Vote #TuesdayThoughts
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2/"Young people historically vote at lower rates, typically, than other age groups, and that has been especially true of the midterms. But this year, registration for younger voters is up substantially, with some studies anticipating the highest youth turnout in decades.
3/"We wanted to know what issues are motivating young people at such impressive rates this year, so we asked. In just a few days we had more than 800 passionate, sharp and often surprising responses. The respondents frequently mentioned climate change, no matter their party
Pennsylvania Republicans think they can condescend to young people, but those meddling #youthvote kids won’t let them get away with it. Here’s who we’re ready to put in office. (1/9) #PApol
#PAGov: Tom Wolf, who opposes right-to-work laws and supports a rapid transition to clean energy deserves re-election for governor. NXTGN.US/fka
#PASen: Bob Casey serves Pennsylvanians admirably in the Senate. He supports universal background checks for firearms and will continue standing up to Trump. NXTGN.US/fkb
Virginia is where the post-Trump bounceback began last year, and we’re determined to elect more progressive leaders this year—including an all-women slate of congressional candidates. #VApol (1/7)
#VA02: Elaine Luria will prioritize Virginians’ safety by working to protect access to affordable healthcare and working to combat climate change. NXTGN.US/fj6
#VA05: Leslie Cockburn believes in #MedicareForAll. She will fight for living wages and free community college—and against pipelines. NXTGN.US/fj7
Pundits have traditionally written off Arizona as a reliable red state. Not anymore.
The #youthvote and Democratic candidates are fired up to bring change. #AZpol (1/6) NXTGN.US/fja
The #youthvote and Democratic candidates are fired up to bring change. #AZpol (1/6) NXTGN.US/fja
#AZGov: David Garcia has the chance to become Arizona’s first Latinx governor in decades. He fights for immigrants, students, teachers, and all Arizonans.
NXTGN.US/fjb
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#AZSen: Kyrsten Sinema rose from an impoverished upbringing to Congress. She is a strong advocate for reproductive rights and could become the first openly bisexual senator in U.S. history.
From the governor's mansion to the halls of Congress, Democrats across Michigan have the opportunity to reclaim the state from Republicans. #MIpol (1/7) NXTGN.US/fjf
#MIGov: Gretchen Whitmer is the leader Michigan deserves. She supports affordable healthcare, the #metoo movement, and will stand up to Trump. NXTGN.US/fjg
#MISen: Debbie Stabenow was the first woman to defeat a sitting senator. From banning oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes to supporting sensible gun control, Stabenow will fight to protect Michigan residents. NXTGN.US/fjh
The path to a #BlueWave runs through the Golden State. Meet the candidates in key flippable California districts. #CApol (1/9) NXTGN.US/fii
#CA10: “He’s a newb, but a smart one.” Josh Harder supports the #DreamAct, #MedicareForAll, and debt relief for college students. NXTGN.US/fic
#CA21: TJ Cox has helped bring $40 million worth of investments and over 700 jobs to the district and wants to develop improved clean water infrastructure in the Central Valley. NXTGN.US/fid
In case you missed this....
Count Me Among the Mob
#TuesdayThoughts #TuesdayMorning #VoteBlue #youthvote
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Count Me Among the Mob
#TuesdayThoughts #TuesdayMorning #VoteBlue #youthvote
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2/"One thing that I find profoundly disappointing about modern liberalism, particularly as it now stands in opposition to Trumpism, is the degree to which it is reactive, governed by what is being done to it rather than its own positive vision. It is true that Donald Trump is not
3/"only antithetical to liberal values, he is antithetical to most American values, and as such limiting his power and limiting the duration of his tenure are of paramount concern and absolute urgency. Therefore, resisting what Trump represents becomes a central point of moral
At a presentation by @NextGenAmerica about the #YouthVote. Fate of country depends on the young. Millennial and Gen Z will be 34% of all US eligible voters in 2018.
In 2014, the last midterm, turnout by 18-34yo was... 23%. Gotta change that this year.
In 2014, the last midterm, turnout by 18-34yo was... 23%. Gotta change that this year.
“For the vast majority of non-Republican young voters, the decision isn’t D vs R. It’s voting vs. non-voting.” #youthvote
This research project doesn’t focus on issues. Young people care intensely about issues; that’s a given. Talking about issues vital. But things that stop them from voting aren’t about issues, they’re more about believing that votes don’t matter or perpetuate a broken system.
