FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 6 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
Every election cycle brings headlines about the lack of voter participation among 18- to 24- year-olds. The conventional wisdom is that young people are too apathetic or tuned out to vote. But, according to George Mason University research from the 2025 election cycle, that story is wrong.
For the past four years, Jennifer Victor, an associate professor of political science, has led groups of undergraduates at the Schar School of Policy and Government in experiential research activities to discover what actually keeps college students from voting.
"We surmised it's not that students don't care," said Victor. "Maybe it's that voting is actually hard ...