Ohio Still Lagging In Turnout Among Younger Voters

The US Census Bureau says more people under 24 voted in Ohio last year than in the last few midterm elections. But younger Ohioans still aren’t voting in numbers as big as their counterparts in nearby states.

Ohio’s midterm elections have gone overwhelmingly Republican over the last decade. Last year, 22 percent of 18 to 24-year-old registered Ohio voters did so.

That’s more than twice the figure from 2014 – which had record low overall turnout. And it’s up from just over 20 percent in 2010.

But elections statistician Mike Dawson says that 22 percent figure is still lower than nearby states.

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