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VOTER TURNOUT 18-29 |
12.90% | 33.50% | 35.60% | 51.10% | 27.40% | Frey* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-19 |
– | – | – | 12.70% | – | CIRCLE* | |
REGISTRATION RATE 18-24 |
41.10% | 45% | 44.10% | 58.10% | 36.70% | Census* | |
VOTER TURNOUT 18-24 |
11.80% | 29.90% | 30.70% | 46.90% | 21.80% | Census* | |
YOUTH AND THE VOTE
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TENNESSEE
21.80%
YOUTH TURNOUT
Ages 18-24 (Census)
TENNESSEE YOUTH VOTE
TOP STRATEGIES/INITIATIVES TO INCREASE REGISTRATION & TURNOUT
State Efforts to Facilitate Youth Voting
- Tennessee official voting website.
- Student IDs and out-of-state IDs are not accepted.
- State ID rules and helpline for Tennessee.
- Tennessee: Election deadlines, dates, and rules
High school Initiatives
- Tennessee students participated in 2022 mock election. More than 37,000 students from 262 schools “voted” in the Presidential election in 2020.
- Tennessee high schools registering 100% of eligible students in 2020 earn the Anne Dallas Dudley Award, named after the Tennessee suffragist.
Find your high school!
- Tennessee governor supporting and recognizing excellence in civic education in Tennessee.
College and University initiatives
- 23 campuses participated in ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga won the Highest Voter Turnout Award (65.2%) in the Southern Conference.
- TENNESSEE CAMPUS VOTER GUIDE
Other Factors and Initiatives
- Rock the Vote Tennessee.
- LWV Nashville chapter’s website provides tools for new voters and decries the low voter turnout in recent elections.
- LWV and other nonpartisan groups filed suit against the state of Tennessee for a law that penalized groups that foster voter registration, adversely affecting the rights of students and other Tennessee citizens to vote.
