What is Generation Vote?

We are a coalition of teens from youth organizations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti working together to get out the vote among 18-29 year-olds. Even though we can't vote, we can still have a voice in our democratic proccess!

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Help us get out the vote!

Our Mission: A nonpartisan effort to increase voter participation among Washtenaw County youth 18 to 29 years old, especially those not in school.

Our Goal: Collect Voter Pledges from at least 5,000 individuals and contact them to Get Out The Vote!

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Our Coalition Members

• Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Youth Council
• The Ann Arbor Area Center for Independent Living
• Ann Arbor Public Schools
• The Community Action Network-Hikone
• The HIV/AIDS Resource Center (HARC)
• Latinos Unidos, Inc.
• The Neutral Zone
• Ozone House
• The Parkridge Community Center
• Voice Your Vote-University of Michigan
• Washtenaw Community College
• Youth Senate-Youth Empowerment Project
• Ypsilanti Youth Empowered to Act

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation

Did you know? (even by the most optimistic data available)...

• Due to low voter turnout, no U.S. President has had enough votes to claim a majority of the actual U.S. population in nearly two decades.
• In the 2000 Presidential election, while 70% of adults over 25 voted, only 42% of youth 18-24 voted.
• 18-24 year-olds now represent 13% of the population, but only 8% of the vote.
• In Michigan, the 18-24 voting rate in the 1998 election was only 21%, while the 25 and over rate was 60% (nearly three times as high).
• In Michigan, in the 2000 election, the voting rate for people 25 and over was tied for 10th in the nation, while the rate for 18-24 year-olds was tied for 20th.
• High school graduates vote at nearly twice the rate of high school dropouts, and college graduates vote at three times the rate of high school dropouts.
• The voter turnout rate is consistently 21-49% lower for youth 18-24 years old than adults 25 and older for all elections in all states, and has been since the voting age was made 18 in 1972.
• In all age groups, voting rates are as much as 20% lower in the midterm elections than in Presidential elections, and despite the gap, the adult turnout for midterm elections is still higher than the youth turnout in Presidential elections.