Crucial Quote by Howard Rheingold

The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes the elections…

— Barack Obama

Young people are the key to this election.

— Kinky Friedman

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

— Mo Ibrahim

Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

Allowing those who turn 18 by the general election the right to vote in primary elections will kick start voter education much earlier. And…

— Alex Padilla

I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the…

— Dick Gregory

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake.…

— Narendra Modi

I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

As long as voting is voluntary, young people will likely always vote at lower rates than their older counterparts.

— Jamelle Bouie

I worry that, given the way the 2016 election went, how cynical and how terrible politics seems, that young people will be less likely…

— Daniel Pfeiffer

I think America causes cancer, longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be discouraged from voting.

— Bill Maher

By the way, conversely, one thing I've learned in my career, beginning when I ran for mayor, is that a lot of older voters…

— Pete Buttigieg