Increasing Young Voter Turnout in Mid-term Election
August 2 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Explore how politics affect the challenges facing Wake County’s young people.
Join us for a Q&A and discussion of the issues facing young Wake County voters and what it will take to bring young voters to the polls.
Spring 2026/ A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School finds young Americans under intense economic pressure and increasingly losing faith in the political system. Even as young voters lean Democratic, uneven turnout, low enthusiasm, and widespread skepticism about the fairness of elections suggest that participation in the 2026 midterms may be shaped as much by doubt as by political preference. [https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/52nd-edition-spring-2026]
