Gen Z’s Zeal Stirs Democratic Hope for Energy at Polls
- Black Lives Matter protests spark surge in voter registration
- Young voters overwhelmingly support Biden over Trump
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Nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody drove tens of thousands of young people to the streets. Now liberal activists have reason to believe they can channel that energy into votes for Joe Biden.
During the first two weeks of June, as protesters gathered across the country, more than 293,000 Americans registered to vote via Vote.org, a nonpartisan group that promotes voting. That number represented nearly a third of all registrants so far this year and 48% were younger than 34.