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In reply to the discussion: Discussion with James Carville: things don't look great [View all]PortTack
(35,824 posts)18. you can discount TikTok if you want. Here's the same clip posted on YouTube.
Same is posted on FB. I dont do Fb but you can Google it and find it yourself if you want.
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/where-youth-vote-can-be-decisive-2022-elections
The 2022 YESI rankings also include states, like North Carolina (#7 - Senate) and Georgia (#1 - Senate, #5 - Governor) where Black youth may have a decisive influence on elections. In Kansas (#3 - Governor), New Hampshire (#6 - Senate) and Maine (#8 - Governor), engaging rural youth will be especially criticaland an ongoing challenge, as we have chronicled that many rural youth report living in civic deserts.
The tufts article has some good charts about youth voter registration if you care to look at those.
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In my original post I said NC youth votes was up..so no. I was very clear in what I was saying
PortTack
Nov 2022
#70
Part of it is how you frame the questions if you are polling. By splitting "democracy" & "abortion"
Hekate
Nov 2022
#40
A huge amount of people thought that if Roe was struck down, abortion would be illegal everywhere
Polybius
Nov 2022
#66
shift 21,461 votes (spread out between WI, GA, AZ) from Biden to Trump and Trump would have won
Celerity
Nov 2022
#34