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Arthur Fleming (center), principal of Western Guilford High School, watches as his students get off the bus and enter the polling place inside Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD

Guilford County Schools offers students busing to the polls

2:05pm October 29, 2024

For years, Guilford County Schools has offered optional field trips to the polls for students who are eligible to vote. A small group of Western Guilford High School students cast their first ballots at a voting site Tuesday morning.

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Harris needs young voters of color to win. A new poll finds cracks in her support

5:00am October 23, 2024

Vice President Harris is banking on the support of young voters. But new polling shows potential roadblocks for Harris in replicating the historically high youth support President Biden received in 2020.

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A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump

5:25pm September 24, 2024

The poll from the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics shows Harris well ahead among likely voters 18 to 29. It’s a promising sign for Harris, who is banking on high levels of youth support.

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As early voting nears in Georgia, all eyes are on whether young voters will turn out

6:00am September 21, 2024

by Elena Moore

Gen Z and millennial voters make up nearly half of the eligible voting population in this year’s election. In Georgia, the race is on to get them registered before early voting begins this month.

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President Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday in Atlanta.

At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'

11:27am May 20, 2024

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance — and future of — democracy.

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., spoke with students as a surrogate for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at college campuses across Wisconsin, a state that had the highest youth turnout in the country in the 2022 midterms.

Six months out from the election, Wisconsin students weigh voting for Biden

5:01am May 04, 2024

Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.

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Rylen Bassett on career day in fourth grade (left) and Bassett in his high school senior portrait (right). He told NPR that Trump's candidacy in 2016 was "refreshing," and he stood out compared to traditional political figures.

Young conservatives have grown up in Trump's Republican Party. Now, it's time to vote

11:12am March 19, 2024

by Elena Moore

With nearly a decade on the national political stage, for some of the youngest eligible conservative voters this year, former President Donald Trump has been pivotal in their political upbringing.

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In this file photo, President Biden poses for a photo with the Students Demand Action group after speaking at the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn., June 16, 2023. Young voters could be key to Biden's reelection prospects as he campaigns for a second term.

Politics & Government

Young voters helped elect Biden in 2020. His campaign is courting them again in 2024

10:46am March 11, 2024

by Elena Moore

Students for Biden Harris is focused on building a large volunteer base of young supporters through student-led groups. Recruiting young voters could be key to President Biden's reelection hopes.

Left to right: Ka'Marr Coleman-Byrd, Deasia Sampson and Shelly Zissler, some of the undecided voters Morning Edition spoke to in the Detroit area.

Many in Michigan don't know how — or whether — they'll vote in the general election

10:15am February 28, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

NPR spoke to autoworkers, college students and Black churchgoers in the Detroit area about the general election. Many aren't excited about their likely choices, with some unsure they'll vote at all.

State Representative Abraham Aiyash speaks at a "Vote Uncommitted" rally on Feb. 25, 2024 in Hamtramck, Mich.

On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Biden

10:30am February 27, 2024

by Elena Moore

The campaign to check "uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

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