YOUTH AND THE VOTE
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VOTER TURNOUT 18-29 |
24% | 43.50% | 36% | 59.10% | 29% | Frey* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-19 |
– | – | – | 51% | – | CIRCLE* | |
REGISTRATION RATE 18-24 |
43% | 48.30% | 46.30% | 65.20% | 51.30% | Census* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-24 |
19.70% | 35.50% | 30.90% | 60.50% | 22.80% | Census* | |
IOWA
22.80%
YOUTH TURNOUT
Ages 18-24 (Census)
IOWA YOUTH VOTE
TOP STRATEGIES/INITIATIVES TO INCREASE REGISTRATION & TURNOUT
State and local efforts to facilitate voting – despite pandemic
- State of Iowa voting portal.
- How to vote in Iowa.
- State ID rules and helpline for Iowa.
- Nonpartisan information on issues and voting from the LWV of Iowa.
- Ames Public Library and the League of Women Voters on who can vote in Iowa.
- Meeting Iowa ID requirements for voting – student IDs are not accepted.
High school Initiatives
- The governor presents the Carrie Chapman Catt Award to high schools that register a large proportion of their seniors.
Find your high school!
- A person may vote if they are at least 17 and will be 18 years old on or before election day. In the case of primary elections, a person may vote in the primary if they will turn 18 on or before the corresponding regular election.
- Iowa’s high school standards for civics education are “inadequate.”.
College and University initiatives
- 16 campuses participated in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.
- Grinnell (86.7% voter turnout), Kirkwood, and Simpson Colleges and Iowa State all won awards in 2020.
- Grinnell College’s action plan commits to “Help students navigate complexity of the Covid-era regarding their voting options — and — now — anti-voter suppression efforts.”
- Follow Univ of Iowa VoteHawk.
- IOWA CAMPUS VOTER GUIDE
OTHER INFLUENCES
- Ames Public Library and the League of Women Voters on who can vote in Iowa.
- Meeting Iowa ID requirements for voting – student IDs are not accepted.
- Grinnell College’s action plan commits to “Help students navigate complexity of the Covid-era regarding their voting options — and — now — anti-voter suppression efforts.”
