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VOTER TURNOUT 18-29 |
21.10 | 42.30 | 37.10 | 56.40 | 48.60 | Frey* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-19 |
– | – | – | 50 | – | CIRCLE* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-24 |
18.30 | 36.10 | 33.20 | 50.30 | 44.90 | Census* | |
REGISTRATION RATE 18-24 |
48.90 | 53.10 | 54.10 | 58.50 | 64.30 | Census* | |
YOUTH AND THE VOTE
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MICHIGAN
44.90%
YOUTH TURNOUT
Ages 18-24 (Census)
MICHIGAN YOUTH VOTE
TOP STRATEGIES/INITIATIVES TO INCREASE REGISTRATION & TURNOUT OF YOUNG VOTERS
State and local efforts to facilitate youth voting
- Michigan Secretary of State site.
- Information for students in Michigan: “you drive at age 16, vote at 18, and must renew your license or ID in person at 21.”
- State ID rules and helpline for Michigan voters.
- Promote the Vote MI is a coalition of nonpartisan organizations promoting voting reforms that “work for all of us.”
- Michigan – with 37% ranks as the state with the highest turnout of young voters (18-29) in 2022 according to CIRCLE, 48.6% according to Frey’s analysis of Census data.
High school Initiatives
- MI Vote Matters is a high school voter registration program led by the Secretary of State in partnership with nonpartisan civic engagement organizations. (2022 Winners)
Find your high school!
- High school student IDs can be used for voter registration.
- LWV supports high school voter registration including in Washtenaw County and supports registration at high school graduation practice (add link to clip from June program).
College and University initiatives
- 36 campuses participated in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge; Kalamazoo College won a Platinum Seal with a turnout rate of 83.7% in 2020. 2022 results available in November 2023.
- University of Michigan and Michigan State participated in the Big Ten Voting Challenge. Michigan incorporated TurboVote into Wolverine Access, their student portal.
- The Secretary of State recognized six winners of the Michigan Collegiate Voting Challenge for their success increasing voter participation and engagement in 2020.
- Voting rules are complex especially for students who are out of state.
- Digital tactics such as texts, social media and phone banking encouraged peers to register and turn out to vote.
- MICHIGAN CAMPUS VOTER GUIDE
Other Factors and Resources
- The death of George Floyd was followed by mass protests in Michigan and in nearby Minnesota.
- Because Michigan was a battleground state, there was a high level of media coverage of Michigan voters of all ages.
- COVID influenced 2022 registration and turnout in multiple ways.
