Tag: young Americans

Young People Keep Marching After Parkland, This Time to Register to Vote Image

The following article by Michael Tacket and Rachel Sorey was posted on the New York Times website May 20, 2018:

Student volunteers registering their classmates to vote at Brooke Point High School in Stafford, Va., last month. Credit: Erin Schaff for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The pace of new voter registrations among young people in crucial states is accelerating, a signal that school shootings this year — and the anger and political organizing in their wake — may prove to be more than ephemeral displays of activism.

They could even help shape the outcome of the midterm elections. If voters in their teens and 20s vote in greater numbers than usual, as many promised during nationwide marches for gun control this spring, the groundswell could affect close races in key states like Arizona and Florida, where there will be competitive races for governor, the Senate and a number of House districts in November. Continue reading “Young People Keep Marching After Parkland, This Time to Register to Vote Image”

Majority of young people think Trump is racist, dishonest, and unfit for office

The following article by Caroline Orr was posted on the ShareBlue.com website March 30, 2018:

A brutal new poll shows young Americans are not impressed by the tweeter-in-chief.

AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

A majority of young Americans think Trump is racist, dishonest, and “mentally unfit” to serve as president, according to a brutal new poll of the youngest generation of voters and soon-to-be voters.

The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV, found that Trump’s approval rating among Americans aged 15 to 34 is an abysmal 33 percent — a full nine points lower than all adults combined. Continue reading “Majority of young people think Trump is racist, dishonest, and unfit for office”