‘People are active, they are fed up’: young voters fueled the Democratic wave

After helping Trump to victory in 2024, young voters swung decisively toward Democrats, helping deliver a wave of midterm victories

The 2026 blue tsunami owes a lot to the youth vote.

According to data from Tufts University's Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (Circle), which monitors youth civic engagement, early estimates show the second-highest youth turnout in a midterm election in 30 years, second only to 2018, when an estimated 31% of young voters turned out during Donald Trump's first presidency.