INSIGHT KANSAS: Don’t count out Kansas’ young voters

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written by: Alexandra Middlewood, PhD – associate professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Wichita State University.

With a coveted Taylor Swift endorsement rolling out earlier this month, everyone seems to be talking about the engagement of young voters this election cycle.

Young people — typically, this is measured by those under the age of 35 — are often touted as apathetic and not caring about politics.

But political science research suggests this assertion couldn’t be further from the truth. Young people are very interested in political issues, they’re just less willing to engage in mainstream forms of political participation like voting and joining political parties…

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