Young People Might Actually Turn Out for the Midterms
As politics becomes more personal for young Americans, new data suggest they could vote next week in numbers not seen in more than 30 years.
Millennials, as the meme goes, are easy to blame for just about everything: the rise of avocado toast, the end of home ownership, the death of Applebee’s. Older generations have characterized them as lazy and apathetic, including when it comes to politics. And Generation Z has started to receive the same treatment. But new polling suggests that young people will vote in next week’s midterms at levels not seen in at least three decades.
A Harvard poll suggests that midterm turnout among Millennial and Generation Z voters could be historically high. Its , released Monday morning, may signal that the in Millennial political involvement that hasn’t lost steam
