Board #24 - Online Engagement, Offline Apathy? Youth Voter Mobilization Via Social Media

• In Event: 73-312 - Poster Session: Social Media

Brief Overview

I use 2016-2022 Cooperative Election Surveys and voter file-validated voter turnout to examine how social media use interacted with age impacts voting. I find a statistically significant effect of the use of social media and turnout for young people.

Author

• Camila Velarde, Emory University