New York Times: “After decades of treating elections as an afterthought, college students have begun voting in force.”
“Their turnout in the 2018 midterms — 40.3% of 10 million students tracked by Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy & Higher Education — was more than double the rate in the 2014 midterms, easily exceeding an already robust increase in national turnout. Energized by issues like climate change and the Trump presidency, students have suddenly emerged as a potentially crucial voting bloc in the 2020 general election.”
“And almost as suddenly, Republican politicians around the country are throwing up roadblocks between students and voting booths.”
