Fifty percent of people age 18-29 turned out to vote in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election—11 percent more than in 2016—according to a report by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. The report suggests this may be the highest turnout for young people since the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971. States that automatically mailed absentee ballots to voters had the highest increase and highest turnout among young voters. And no states in the study saw a decrease. According to CIRCLE, a grantee, policies that corresponded to increased turnout encouraged registration and participation: including online and same-day registration, early voting, and no-excuse absentee voting.
