Young voters are fired up about Kamala Harris, but will enough turn out in California to make a difference?
Email addressChristian Figueroa, 19, a Stanford student and one of the youngest California delegates to the Democratic National Convention, in Los Angeles, on Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMattersYoung voters in California and across the country are excited about Vice President Kamala Harris. Democrats are trying to capitalize, counting on a surge at the polls to win key congressional races.
While the Harris campaign may be flush with cash, it is short on time to reintroduce her to Democratic and undecided voters, with less than 90 days before Nov. 5. But she stressed that Harris must still lay out a policy platform that young people can believe in: “She still has to have the goods.”18 to 29 spiked 11 percentage points to 50%, which was key in helping Biden defeat incumbent Donald Trump. But that was still significantly lower than the 66% turnout for all voters. In California, just 47% of eligible young voters cast ballots, compared to 67% of the entire eligible population.
Students register to vote at Sacramento State University in Sacramento on Oct. 20, 2022. Photos by Rahul Lal, CalMattersVote.org announced that it saw the largest-ever surge in voter registration in the 10 days after Biden’s announcement. In California, there were 11,583 new Vote.org registrations — 80% of people were between 18 and 34 years of age.
“With her just like getting so much support from young people, there’s also a level where that support comes with expectations,” Lara said. “I know a lot of people who had health issues like breast cancer, miscarriages and abortions,” she said. “Having access to health care is really important to me, especially as a lot of people I grew up around are low-income and rely on Medicare.”
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