May 3, 2023 - Politics & Policy
Exclusive: Dems eye young voters for an edge in 2024
Erin Doherty
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have vowed to engage with young voters ahead of the 2024 election, according to a Voters of Tomorrow pledge shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: Some of the Democrats who signed the pledge are in competitive districts, and like their party's most prominent leaders, including President Biden, they have a vested interest in energizing youth voters.
Driving the news: "We have to engage young voters not only in the two weeks before the election, but in the two years before the election," Jack Lobel, 18, the national press secretary of Voters of Tomorrow, a Generation Z-centered civics advocacy group, told Axios.
"That's why we believe that youth voter engagement is a sustained process and that's why we're rolling out our 'Youth Vote Champions' pledge over a year before the 2024 election," he added.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 36 House members — all Democrats — have signed the Voters of Tomorrow pledge, including some in districts that the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting in 2024.
At least six of the lawmakers who have signed the Voters of Tomorrow pledge are in districts on the NRCC target list, including Reps. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) and Mary Peltola (D-Alaska).
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https://www.axios.com/2023/05/03/democrats-2024-election-congress-young-voters
