New York: Latest data shows no pop in registrations
In a state that could tip control of Congress, under 45% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote
This week, we have a data refresh for New York, where most high schoolers just returned to school on Sept 5th.
This is the eighth of our 2024 Election Season weekly series of Future Voter Scorecards.
We’re publishing new data every week, drilling down to the local level to show where and how young people can make a difference when they register and vote. We’ll be covering the percentage of 18-year-olds who are registered and tracking changes over time.
As of September 9th, New York State registrations have not accelerated in recent weeks as they have in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Since we last published data on August 12th, 18-year-old registration rates are up only 1.9 percentage points, to 44.6%. Pre-registration rates are essentially flat over the same period. That means that most 18-year-olds in New York, over 130,000 people, are not yet registered.
New York State educators are invited to attend our free workshop on Wednesday, September 25, to learn how to make sure their students’ voices are heard in 2024, and receive CTLE hours at the same time. They can also download our free New York State teacher toolkit for a step-by-step guide with everything they need to support their students in running a peer-to-peer voter registration drive in their school.
The data story in New York State is in stark contrast to headlines about mass upticks in registration in the last two months. Our data has supported that narrative in some states, but clearly that momentum has not reached the youngest voters in New York.
We hope that with the start of school and SB 1178 going into effect, we’ll have a different story to tell when we check back in a few weeks. But time is running out: New York’s voter registration deadline is only on October 26th.
See below for detailed scorecards on 18-year-old registration rates and pre-registration rates by county.