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Gulf Coast Media | Elberta Middle School Students Gain Insight Into Civic Engagement at American Enterprise Summit

August 15, 2024

Ten students from Elberta Middle School experienced a transformative journey this July when they participated in the inaugural American Enterprise Summit in Washington, D.C. The four-day program, funded by the Horatio Alger Association in partnership with the Close Up Foundation, aimed to educate young people about democracy and the free-enterprise system, particularly in light of […]

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Historic America in One Room Deliberative Poll Releases Data

August 15, 2024

Stanford, Calif. – August 13, 2024 –America in One Room: The Youth Vote today announced the results of its Deliberative Poll, revealing how first-time voters feel about key issues driving the 2024 Presidential Election: energy and the environment; the economy, AI, and taxes; health care; and democracy and elections, after deliberating with their peers. READ FULL PRESS […]

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Bloomberg | Gen Z Voters Oppose Social Media Limits, New Study Finds

August 15, 2024

American teens are generally against the idea of regulations that would place restrictions on their use of social media platforms, despite knowing the potential harms to mental and physical health, according to a poll of 430 first-time voters. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Teen Vogue | Polls of Young Voters Show Surge of Enthusiasm for Kamala Harris

August 14, 2024

A flood of new data on young voters has just come out and it shows their enthusiastic reaction to Vice President Kamala Harris taking over as the Democratic nominee for president. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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HISD News Blog | HISD Students Take the Future in Their Hands at Civic Ambassador Training

August 13, 2024

At the end of July, high school students throughout the District came together for the first annual HISD Civic Ambassador Training. The brainchild of HISD’s Community Partnerships Department, the training offered students an opportunity to become their schools’ “Civic Ambassadors.” READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Wall Street Journal | Gen Z Voters Support Climate Action and Nuclear Energy, Poll Finds

August 12, 2024

Two-thirds of respondents to a poll of first-time young American voters agreed the U.S. must plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and about four in five supported “new generation” nuclear energy to supplement renewable power sources. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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NBC News | ‘We Are Doing Democracy Here’: Young Voters Focus on Being Polite Rather than Polarized

August 12, 2024

WASHINGTON — In the heat of the 2024 campaign season, more than 400 first-time voters from across the country gathered here in July to discuss political issues and the upcoming election — but with a focus on being polite rather than being polarized. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Ms. | Five Takeaways From Watching First-Time Voters Deliberate Healthcare

August 08, 2024

From July 19 to 22, I attended America in One Room: The Youth Vote, a Washington, D.C., gathering of 500 first-time voters discussing policy issues. The voters constituted a representative sample of young Americans from diverse backgrounds, all ages 17 and 18. Throughout the weekend, participants read through relevant policy proposals, deliberated in small groups, […]

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Wall Street Journal | What Do First-Time Voters Think About This Election? We Asked Nine of Them

August 04, 2024

This year, roughly 41 million members of Generation Z—Americans ages 18 to 27—will be eligible to vote, according to Tufts University. Of those, about 16 million will be eligible to vote for the first time in November’s presidential election. READ FULL ARTICLE>

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Biden drops out. Finally, someone listened to us. | Opinion

July 23, 2024

Sriya Tallapragada was at the “America in One Room” conference-a gathering of 500 first-time voters from across America in DC to discuss policy issues-when someone shouted, “Biden just dropped out!” READ FULL ARTICLE>