Indiana ranked 44th among the states for voter registration of ages 18 through 24, according to the report.
Matthew Baggetta, associate professor of public and environmental affairs, said that one way to increase voter registration and turnout is through talking to younger people about issues that concern them.
“Another thing that can work, whether they be political campaigns or sort of advocacy campaigns directly reaching out to youth and trying to organize them and get them involved in the political process,” Baggetta said.
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Baggetta also cited social media as another way to get people to vote, but it cannot be the only way.
“Social media spaces are places where people find out what’s going on and get information, they get opinions, they get the opportunity to converse in a way in the public sphere about these issues, so it is important to have political content, voting relevant content out there,” Baggetta said.
Baggetta also shared that while social media is a good resource for sharing political information, it is not always beneficial to voter engagement.
Schools are one place that can discuss politics and help voter engagement.
“Schools are civic spaces, they’re places where communities come together and real mix of everyone who is from the community so you know certainly talking about what roles government plays and kinds of things that it does is helpful for people to understand why they should engage with politics,” Baggetta said.
