Youth voter turnout in Georgia runoffs shows signs of sustained enthusiasm post-November
George Lefkowicz was just 14 when President Trump was elected, and still too young to vote the day Trump was voted out of office. But the Atlanta resident, who turned 18 just days after the Nov.?3 election, won’t miss his next chance to have a say in the country’s future.
Lefkowicz has already cast his ballot in a pair of Jan.?5 Senate runoffs in his state, voting for the two Democratic challengers over the Republican incumbents. The closely watched contests will determine which party controls the Senate next year.
“I’ve always been super interested in voting,” said Lefkowicz, a high school senior. “But this one’s super important because it will decide the future of American politics for the next two years, and if you want to get anything done, you have to work through the Senate.”
More than 281,000 voters under 30 have already cast their ballots in the runoffs, rivaling the historic early turnout of young voters in Georgia at this point in the November election. It is an unusual level of enthusiasm for an age group that typically has low rates of voting — particularly in runoff elections, which historically draw much less attention than presidential races.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-runoff-youth-vote/2020/12/30/8104720c-4605-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html
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Ty, GA new voters & Dems encouraging the process! 
