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The Youth VoteNothing like a good ol' midtermThe Youth Vote is back! This time, I'm joined by my new co-host, Grace Newton, as we talk to a political consultant and young organizers from four different states about the current political landscape and how they're getting young voters fired up for November's midterms.LINKS:PA Youth Vote: https://www.payouthvote.orgPA Youth Voices Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sRGVJdQxwtgXWYhMGV89DKids Voting Ohio: https://www.kidsvotingohio.orgNew Hampshire Youth Movement: https://www.nhyouthmovement.orgJolt Action: https://jolttx.org2022-03-2229 min
The Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: What happens next?The 2020 election saw a new record for youth turnout in a presidential election, but will this kind of turnout continue in the near future? I talked to five voters between the ages of 19 and 29, getting their thoughts on the election results, the country's political divide, and the future of young voters.
LINKS:
CIRCLE at Tufts University: https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/election-week-2020#youth-voter-turnout-increased-in-2020
TIME Magazine: 'We’ve Seen a Youthquake': https://time.com/5910291/weve-seen-a-youthquake-how-youth-of-color-backed-joe-biden-in-battleground-states/
Moderatley Outraged: https://www.facebook.com/moderatelyoutraged
Impactual: https://impactual.com
New Voters: ht...2020-11-1600 minThe Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: Young Democrats and Republicans get out the voteThis episode takes a step back from the presidential election to spotlight races at the state and local level. I spoke to leaders of young Democrat and Republican organizations from four different states about how they've teamed up with local campaigns and the ways they're getting other young people to vote.
Ballotpedia Sample Ballot Tool: https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup
UK College Democrats: https://www.facebook.com/UKCollegeDems/
Atlanta Young Republicans: https://www.atlantayoungrepublicans.com
Young Democrats of South Carolina: https://www.youngdemssc.org
Tampa Bay Young Republicans...2020-10-1600 minThe Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: A climate change conversationIn the wake of the California wildfires, I had a conversation with Sunrise organizer Mariela Gandara from their hub in the San Fransisco Bay Area. We talked about the devastation she witnessed, what the Green New Deal could potentially do for Americans and the role young people can play in the fight against climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS:
Sunrise
Sunrise's page on the Green New Deal
Alliance for Climate Education
Fridays for Future
VOTING CLIMATE RESOURCE: https://climatemuseum.org/blog/2020/8/31/voting-climate-resources-20202020-10-0600 minThe Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: How are you getting your news?Social media can be a great tool for young people to share political news, but what can they do to make sure they're getting facts instead of fiction? For this episode, I talked to The Busy Voter and MediaWise about the ways they've been teaching young people about news literacy during the election.
THE BUSY VOTER: Instagram
MEDIAWISE:
Twitter
Instagram
MediaWise Voter Project #MVP
Voter Guide Video Series
Prep for the Polls
2020-09-1314 minThe Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: College during COVIDIn this back-to-school episode, I talked to student journalists from Boston University, Middlebury College and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill about how they've been covering their schools' reopenings. I also spoke to Wisconsin state director of the Campus Election Engagement Project about ways college students can find voting resources whether they're online or on campus.
SCHOOL PAPERS:
UNC Chapel Hill: The Daily Tar Heel
Middlebury College: The Middlebury Campus
Boston University: The Daily Free Press
Inside Higher Ed college reversal tracker
CAMPUS ELECTION ENGAGEMENT PROJECT:2020-09-0720 minThe Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: Let's talk about healthcare (and voting by mail!)When I interviewed young potential voters on the ground back in February, they told me that healthcare was one of the most important issues on their minds during the election. In order to break down some of the biggest issues within America's healthcare system ahead of the election, I spoke to Karen Pollitz from the Kaiser Family Foundation and editor-in-chief of Health Affairs Alan Weil.
VOTE BY MAIL RESOURCES:
Reuters Explainer: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-vote-by-mail-explainer/explainer-fraud-is-rare-in-us-mail-in-voting-here-are-the-methods-that-prevent-it-idUSKBN2482SA
USA.gov: https://www.usa.gov/election-office
Vote Save America: https://votesaveamerica...2020-08-1819 minThe Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: Getting out the vote during a pandemicFor this episode, I got to talk to organizers from from HeadCount, NextGen America and Camels Vote to find out how they've been informing and providing resources to potential young voters during the coronavirus pandemic.
HeadCount: https://www.headcount.org
NextGen America: https://nextgenamerica.org
Camels Vote: https://www.camelsvote.org
When We All Vote: https://www.whenweallvote.org
Black Youth Vote!: https://www.ncbcp.org/programs/byv/
Black Voters Matter: https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/the-project
Movement Voter Project: https://movement.vote/about/2020-07-2415 min
The Youth VoteThe Youth Vote: On the ground in South CarolinaPeople between the ages of 18 and 29 don't turn out to vote as much as other age demographics, and with the 2020 election months away, I set out to find out why. While I was on the ground covering the South Carolina primary, I got to speak to about a dozen 18-29 year olds to find out more about the policy issues they care about and why they believe people their age aren't voting as much as older people. This episode also features interviews with Evette Alexander from the Knight Foundation, who studied young non-voter behavior for the 100 Million Project, as...2020-07-1613 min