Other Campaigns Engage Youth

E.J. Dionne, Jr. documents favorable progress in political engagement among younger Americans. There's not much discussion of the relationship between issue-based activism and partisan political participation, but, given the seemingly high levels of campus advocacy at least, one might expect more responsive political candidates to successfully bring young activists into the electoral fold. Imagine, for example, what might happen if just a fraction of these young climate change activists became more directly involved in electoral politics [HT: Sam Raskin]. If we build a more decent and responsive political system, I'd bet we'd see the recent increases in youth political engagement sustain itself.