2024 will be an important election year for the country and for New York State. However,

numerous electoral analyses have raised alarms around the potential non-participation

of the critical youth voter population this cycle given extreme dissatisfaction and anger

among youth with elected officials over several key issues frequently covered in the

media, including foreign policy.1

Yet the media has hardly covered what multiple polls

show are the absolute highest priorities among youth voters: ‘the rising cost of living’

and ‘jobs with living wages.’