More from Virginia from the New Voters Project and CIRCLE. The data isn't up on the web yet but here's info from the press release...
YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT IN VIRGINA CONTINUES UPWARD TREND
2005 Youth Voter Turnout Increases by an Average of 15 percent over 2001 in Targeted Precincts
Youth voter turnout in the 2005 Virginia Gubernatorial Election increased by an average of 15.1 percent over the 2001 election in targeted youth precincts, according to an Election Night analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the University of Maryland. This rise continues the national trend begun during the high-profile 2004 election when the number of votes cast by 18 to 24 year olds increased by 35 percent over the 2000 election.
“The youth vote is up, again,” said Karl Bach, a student senator at George Mason University. “We care, we’re engaged and we’re voting.”
Youth voter turnout surged in the 2004 election with the 18 to 24 year old turnout rate increasing by 11 percentage points over the 2000 election, as compared to an increase of only four percentage points among the general population.
The 2005 analysis focused on 13 precincts with a relatively high concentration of college students that were the focus of non-partisan Get-Out-the-Vote efforts of the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project. The analysis compared voter turnout numbers from the 2001 Gubernatorial Election with Tuesday’s turnout numbers and found that voter turnout increased by an average of 15.1% among the precincts studied and, in one precinct, by as much as 61.9% over the 2001 election. A table detailing the analysis is below.
The Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project, a non-partisan effort, made more than 30,000 personalized Get-Out-The-Vote contacts in the week before the November 8th election and registered 7,000 young people before the registration deadline in October.
“The reason I chose to work on this project was to get more of my fellow students to vote so that politicians start paying attention to us,” said Lacey McLear, President of the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project at Virginia Commonwealth University. “I’m incredibly gratified to see that our work paid off.”
“Tabling events, phone banks, ‘dorm-storming’ and door-to-door canvassing, were non-stop on campuses across Virginia,” said Ben Unger, the PIRG New Voters Project field director. “We had personal conversations with tens of thousands of registered young people, reminding them to vote and encouraging them to have a say in our democracy. Our aim was simple: for more young people to vote. Their choice in the ballot box was their own business.”
The PIRG New Voters Project prioritized making personalized peer-to-peer contacts, the strategy thought to be the most effective way to mobilize young voters.
[More on the web soon...]
YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT IN VIRGINA CONTINUES UPWARD TREND
2005 Youth Voter Turnout Increases by an Average of 15 percent over 2001 in Targeted Precincts
Youth voter turnout in the 2005 Virginia Gubernatorial Election increased by an average of 15.1 percent over the 2001 election in targeted youth precincts, according to an Election Night analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the University of Maryland. This rise continues the national trend begun during the high-profile 2004 election when the number of votes cast by 18 to 24 year olds increased by 35 percent over the 2000 election.
“The youth vote is up, again,” said Karl Bach, a student senator at George Mason University. “We care, we’re engaged and we’re voting.”
Youth voter turnout surged in the 2004 election with the 18 to 24 year old turnout rate increasing by 11 percentage points over the 2000 election, as compared to an increase of only four percentage points among the general population.
The 2005 analysis focused on 13 precincts with a relatively high concentration of college students that were the focus of non-partisan Get-Out-the-Vote efforts of the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project. The analysis compared voter turnout numbers from the 2001 Gubernatorial Election with Tuesday’s turnout numbers and found that voter turnout increased by an average of 15.1% among the precincts studied and, in one precinct, by as much as 61.9% over the 2001 election. A table detailing the analysis is below.
The Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project, a non-partisan effort, made more than 30,000 personalized Get-Out-The-Vote contacts in the week before the November 8th election and registered 7,000 young people before the registration deadline in October.
“The reason I chose to work on this project was to get more of my fellow students to vote so that politicians start paying attention to us,” said Lacey McLear, President of the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project at Virginia Commonwealth University. “I’m incredibly gratified to see that our work paid off.”
“Tabling events, phone banks, ‘dorm-storming’ and door-to-door canvassing, were non-stop on campuses across Virginia,” said Ben Unger, the PIRG New Voters Project field director. “We had personal conversations with tens of thousands of registered young people, reminding them to vote and encouraging them to have a say in our democracy. Our aim was simple: for more young people to vote. Their choice in the ballot box was their own business.”
The PIRG New Voters Project prioritized making personalized peer-to-peer contacts, the strategy thought to be the most effective way to mobilize young voters.
[More on the web soon...]
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