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How to stand up for voting rights (with Andrea Hailey)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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Are Young Voters Engaged in Voting?

Of the four million people who turn 18 every year, how many, by the time they're 20, have registered to vote, plus or minus? We saw this last election cycle though, in 20 20, was about an 11 % jump in young voters participation. That's huge. When we see the numbers of registrants go up expedentially when states have automatic vote registration. And i think it's absolutely a process thing. Like really, in our country, we should have 80 % vote or turnout. But thesete issues with registration decrease participation. There are things we can do.

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