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The decline in participation is concerning for youth advocates, especially Texas Democrats who have doubled down on their efforts to register and turn out young voters in recent years.
… We saw that in some races here in Texas, but we didn't see that in all of them.”.
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Young voters made up 11 percent of the roughly 8.1 million people who cast a ballot this year.
There were also concerns of disenfranchisement at Texas A&M University, which did not have an early voting location on campus this year.
This involves everything from getting them information to building confidence in themselves as voters and in our electoral process. »