Youth Vote: Challenges and Strategies in the US Presidential Election Campaign | Oneindia News
In the United States, the presidential election campaign is in full swing. Young voters are often considered difficult to reach. And with both Democrats and Republicans fielding candidates born in the 1940s, the parties are worried about how to get the youth vote out.
#USPolitics #ElectionCampaign #YouthVote #VoterEngagement #PoliticalParties #GenerationZ #MillennialVoters #GetOutTheVote #YouthEngagement #USPresidentialElection #OIDW #DWVideos
~HT.178~PR.152~ED.103~GR.124~
#USPolitics #ElectionCampaign #YouthVote #VoterEngagement #PoliticalParties #GenerationZ #MillennialVoters #GetOutTheVote #YouthEngagement #USPresidentialElection #OIDW #DWVideos
~HT.178~PR.152~ED.103~GR.124~
Category
๐
NewsTranscript
00:00Washington, D.C., the heart of American government and its feverish politics.
00:07But if you ask young people here about the election these days, you get a lot of this.
00:12Not a lot of us are voting right now, and it's so important to have, like, the youth
00:15voice while, like, to be represented in, like, voting.
00:20The two options aren't very timely.
00:23They don't really align with a lot of what our generation feels.
00:27Both candidates are geriatric, and they don't represent young people's values.
00:33And so I think it's hard to come to terms with which candidate to choose.
00:37The man who ends up in White House will on a large part depend on what happens here.
00:43Georgia is a crucial swing state, even more important for Devante Jennings to get out
00:48the vote.
00:49He is chairman of the Black Caucus of the Young Democrats of Georgia.
00:53His experience this time around is sobering.
00:56We're missing that juggernaut to get the young voters out.
01:02You know, we saw in 2008 when Barack Obama was running, everybody was so excited that
01:07people wanted to be a part of that process.
01:09There was something going on, and people were excited to actually be involved with it.
01:14This year, Devante's mission to get young people to vote may be tricky.
01:19A recent study showed only 53 percent of registered voters under 30 intend to vote.
01:27In the 2020 election, a record 55 percent of under 30s voted.
01:32The 2008 election brought out 51 percent of young voters.
01:37Even Devante admits that his party and President Joe Biden needs to do more to reach young
01:42voters.
01:43Trump has no policies tailor-made for young people.
01:47And I think Biden could be, and Biden's administration could be a lot better at messaging the packages
01:55and the agendas that they do have for young people.
02:00So I think people get it misconstrued that there is none.
02:04I think there's not one on one side.
02:06One side just has to package it up and message it better.
02:10This is Kennesaw State University.
02:12An unpartisan group is encouraging students to vote, even if candidates may not be appealing.
02:19Young people really care about the issues.
02:22You know, young people don't care about who's in office.
02:26They care that it's going to be somebody who actually cares about them.
02:31Fayette County, south of Atlanta, a Republican stronghold.
02:36They're determined to work with young people, even if they feel under pressure.
02:40A lot of people are afraid to express conservative views, a lot of the young people, because
02:44they're afraid they'll be canceled on social media.
02:48Back in Atlanta, Devante says he and the New Georgia Project volunteers, who are also encouraging
02:54people to vote, hear from young people that they care more for specific issues than candidates.
03:00The biggest things right now, they want the issue in Gaza to be resolved.
03:09Reproductive rights and cannabis.
03:11It's still a long way to go to the November election.
03:14Only then will these volunteers see if those issues will drive young people here in swing
03:19state Georgia to go and vote.