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Understanding Youth Voting Trends: Insights from the 2018 Survey

Explore the findings from a survey of 1,339 18- and 19-year-olds on voting intentions, political engagement, and civic experiences. Discover demographics, voting plans, influences, and key takeaways.

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Understanding Youth Voting Trends: Insights from the 2018 Survey

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  1. Youth Politics Survey EWA Webinar The Education Week Research Center October 23, 2018 Young Voters Survey

  2. INTRODUCTION

  3. ABOUT THE SURVEY • 1,339 respondents • 18 and 19-year-olds who have not yet voted in a general election • Online survey • Administered September 2018 • 25 questions • Margin of error 3% [95% confidence level]

  4. Accessing survey respondents • Go to Voter Survey Interview List • You will find a list of hometowns, states, and zip codes for each respondent who agreed to be interviewed by a journalist • Leave your email address and name next to any respondents you want to interview • We will send you their contact information

  5. DEMOGRAPHICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS

  6. AGE

  7. VOTING HISTORY

  8. gender & race

  9. LOCALE

  10. Community political environment

  11. Education/job status

  12. Party affiliation

  13. ideology

  14. VOTING PLANS

  15. Do you plan to vote in the November 2018 general election?

  16. WHY DON’T YOU PLAN TO VOTE?

  17. Why DO YOU PLAN TO VOTE?

  18. YOUTH who plan to vote Youth who plan to vote are more likely to ... • Be suburban • Identify as liberal • Be Asian • Be a current/former private school student • Engage in civic-related activities • Identify school shootings as their top concern

  19. youth who don’t plan to vote Youth who don’t plan to vote are more likely to ... • Identify as politically moderate • Be unengaged in civic activities • Identify their top concern as guns/gun control

  20. VOTING & POLITICAL ENAGEMENT: INFORMATION & INFLUENCES

  21. information sources What sources of information are you using to decide how to vote?

  22. awareness How many candidates, if any, can you name in the upcoming November elections?

  23. political engagement In the past two years, my level of political engagement has:

  24. influences on engagement How much, if at all, have the following influences affected your political engagement? Quite a lot or a great deal

  25. ISSUES

  26. most important economic problem

  27. Most important Social/political problem

  28. CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

  29. CIVICS CLASS When, if ever, have you taken a standalone civics class? Select all that apply.

  30. CIVICS & VOTING When, if ever, have you taken a standalone civics class? Select all that apply.

  31. CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  32. class discussions In the past year, how often have you discussed issues in your classes that are directly related to the 2018 elections?

  33. TAKE-AWAYS • Voting rate: Most respondents claim they will vote in November: Be skeptical! • Information challenges: Family members are top source of voting information. Close to half of respondents cannot name a single candidate. • Influence of Parkland: Has increased political engagement for close to half of respondents. School shootings are top issue. • Civics & Voting: Students who’ve never taken civics in school are less likely to plan to vote.

  34. Contact the Research Center Holly Yettick Director Education Week Research Center hyettick@epe.org Sterling C. Lloyd Assistant Director Education Week Research Center slloyd@epe.org Alexandra Harwin Research Analyst Education Week Research Center rcinfo@epe.org or 301-280-3100

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