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 from the Pew Research Center shows that millennials make up the majority of the electorate, yet many don't show up to vote. Why are young people discouraged from going to the polls? And what are candidates doing to encourage them to cast ballots in the upcoming midterm elections? 

 associate professor of political science at Quinnipiac University, and 

 senior fellow for presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center and former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush. 

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Despite accounting for a large portion of the electorate, young people are voting in surprisingly low numbers.

MPR host Kerri Miller spoke with Khalilah Brown-Dean, associate professor of political science at Quinnipiac University, and Mary Kate Cary, Senior fellow for presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center and former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush.

Why aren't more millennials voting?

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