According to a Voters of Tomorrow pledge shared first with Axios, dozens of Democratic lawmakers have committed to reaching out to young voters in advance of the 2024 election.
Why it matters: Like their party’s most notable leaders, including President Biden, some of the Democrats who signed the pledge are in competitive districts and have a vested interest in motivating young voters.
Driving the news: “We have to engage young voters not only in the two weeks before the election, but in the two years before the election,” Jack Lobel, 18, the national press secretary of Voters of Tomorrow, a Generation Z-centered civics advocacy group, told Axios.
“That’s why we believe that youth voter engagement is a sustained process and that’s why we’re rolling out our ‘Youth Vote Champions’ pledge over a year before the 2024 election,” he added.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 36 House members — all Democrats — have signed the Voters of Tomorrow pledge, including some in districts that the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting in 2024.
At least six of the lawmakers who have signed the Voters of Tomorrow pledge are in districts on the NRCC target list, including Reps. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) and Mary Peltola (D-Alaska).
What they’re saying: “Young people have just as much of a stake in our democracy as anyone else,” Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who is running for Senate in 2024, told Voters of Tomorrow. Her open seat is on the NRCC target list.
