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Hello! If you’re reading this you are probably curious about who we are and what we do. This blog is managed by the team behind the Yale Youth Poll. We’re the largest poll of young voters in America, ran entirely by young people.
Polling is our most powerful (albeit imperfect) tool for understanding public opinion. Democracy is about translating public opinion into policy — as Lincoln said, “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Politicians promise a better future for young people in the hopes of winning our votes. However, there is a relative scarcity of high-quality survey data on young voters’ opinions. Elected officials can’t represent young people’s interests without accurate data about what young people think. We provide unbiased, non-partisan data to guide policymakers, advocates, and journalists. In particular, we focus on attitudes towards democracy, comparing the opinions of young voters to the views of the electorate overall.
You can find more detailed information about the work that we do and results from past polls on our website.
Our plan is to use this blog to go more in-depth on specific results from our surveys, interpreting our findings and contextualizing them with other data. If that sounds interesting to you, subscribe so you don’t miss a post.
