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Keeping Youth Politically Engaged After They Voted In Record Numbers Last Year

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Younger voters came out in large numbers for the 2020 elections. But will young people stay politically engaged, and what will it take to help them do that? Veronica Terriquez is Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz, and she studies youth voting and civic engagement, especially among young people of color.

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Hana Baba is host of Crosscurrents, KALW's weeknight newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area.