A Progressive Group Is Ready To Spend $45 Million Turning Out Young Voters

A progressive nonprofit is preparing to spend a record $45 million to register and turn out voters under 35 ahead of the 2020 elections, hoping to replicate a spike in youth turnout that helped Democrats make massive gains in the midterm elections.

NextGen America, which is primarily funded by Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, is aiming to register more than 270,000 voters and turn out another 330,000 already-registered voters across 11 states crucial to winning the presidency and lifting Democrats to control of the Senate: Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.