As Texas politics heat up for midterms, activists court young voters

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Though there are an estimated 2.8 million 18- to 24-year-olds in Texas, young people are a...

In the election two years prior — when turnout was lower across the board, as is typical for midterm races — 1.1 million young Texans voted. In the 2016 presidential election, the total was about 1.2 million, according to Ryan’s report.‘It’s popular now to go vote’: Young Texans are voting in record numbers

“It’s young leaders all across this state who are creating the change right now in Texas,” O’Rourke said in a statement. “Actually, what they should be envisioning is what we see here today,” she said. “It's a state that is majority young, brown and Black. And that's not the future. That's the now.”

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