Young people turned out to protest. Now, will they vote?
LA TimesProtesters, many of them young people, march through the streets of Manhattan on June 7. “In a normal election year, turning out the youth vote is challenging,” said Carolyn DeWitt, president and executive director of Rock the Vote, which works to build political power among young people. People’s minds are not on it.” Voters under 30 have historically turned out to vote at much lower rates than older voters, though the 2018 midterm election saw the highest turnout in a quarter-century among voters ages 18-29 — a spike attributed in part to youth-led movements such as March for Our Lives against gun violence. “For folks who are angry, who are in the streets, or who are at home and not engaged, you just telling me you’re better than this nut — that’s not enough.” Many young people are still unfamiliar with Biden, “and they certainly don’t know where he stands on issues,” said Heather Greven, spokesperson for NextGen America. Many of the young people taking to the streets are focused on public officials with a more direct impact on their lives such as mayors, police chiefs and district attorneys because “they see that’s where the change is,” said Green, a Black Lives Matter leader who joined protesters in Minneapolis.
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