College students voted in big numbers in 2020. Are they ready to do it again?

More than half of Americans ages 18 to 24 turned out for the 2020 general election.

Rates of voting by young people have quietly been rising to unprecedented levels.

Young people are propelled by concerns that directly affect them, such as global warming, the economy, reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights, student loan debt, and gun safety.

Young voters had “a decisive impact” on Senate races in 2022 in battleground states including Wisconsin , Nevada , Georgia , and Pennsylvania .

Vote.org reports that it has registered a record 800,000 voters under 35 in time for November general election.

Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and call to her fans to register and vote helped drive over 24 hours a more than 20-fold increase in visitors to the federal government website Vote.gov .

At TCNJ, more than 83% of students voted in 2020 , putting the college in the top 20 among higher education institutions nationwide.

Students majoring in education, social sciences , history and agricultural and natural resources turned out at the highest rates.

Many young Americans still don’t see the point of voting, says Liora Petter-Lipstein , a senior public policy major at University of Maryland .