Around the world, political institutions are under threat and democracy hangs in the balance. Deepening political divisions, ...

This was Andrea Lael’s first year voting. For the 18-year-old first-year University of Idaho student from California, it was a memorable experience – but not all for good reasons. Lael waited in line ...

Young voters are playing an increasingly powerful role in U.S. presidential elections. Why the surge in influence? Numbers. According to the Pew Research Center, millennials have overtaken baby ...

Democrats have ramped up to full bed-wetting mode — to use the political science term for freaking out — because they’re worried young people aren’t going to vote in the numbers needed to drag Hillary ...

People are looking to the nation's young voters, a demographic 20 million strong, with one question in mind: Will they actually vote this year? Since the minimum voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971, ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Joseph Antwi knows what he wants as a young person in Ghana casting his vote for the first time on Saturday when the West African nation elects its next president. What he is not ...

In a move to get more young people to vote, 16 year olds in California can pre-register to vote online. The pre-registration does not change the voting age, which is still 1,8 but the hope is this new ...

If you want to feel good about America, spend time with the people who will be running this place before long. High School Voter Registration Week kicks off in Minneapolis on Monday, April 28.

"Would you let your grandma decide what you wear on a night out to the club?" Michelle Obama wants everyone to get out and vote. And for those who don't think it's important, she's got a ...

"Here are 4 key takeaways from California's Prop. 50 election results," (modbee.com, Nov. 4) I was extremely surprised to see so many young people in line to vote in the special election. It uplifted ...