Recruitment
We Want You to Vote

Wondering why you should vote?

According to Voter News Service exit polls and U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, in the 1996 presidential general election Generation X represented 33 percent of the voting-age population but accounted for only 24 percent of voters, making them the only generation to under-represent its voting-age population in the election. In the 1972 general election, according to the Census Bureau, 50 percent of 18-24 year-olds voted; in 1996, only 32 percent of them voted In the 1998 midterm election, according to Voter News Service, turnout was even lower, with Gen X representing 39 percent of the voting-age population and accounting for only 28 percent of voters.

The hard fight for the right to vote