How to Increase Young Voter Turnout by 50% | Daniel Regan | TEDxTulsaCC

Why are Millennials far less likely to vote than other generations? Learn how a group of young professionals in Tulsa, Oklahoma led a get-out-the-vote drive that overcame voter barriers and apathy and increased young voter turnout by 50% -- and how other communities can do the same.
Daniel Regan is a fourth-generation Tulsan whose family has strong roots in entrepreneurial innovation and community involvement. He is Executive Vice President and Director of Leasing for downtown Tulsa’s largest commercial property owner, on the forefront of the ever-changing landscape of the community’s Deco District. As the chairman of the board for Tulsa’s Young Professionals, one of the largest groups of its kind in the nation, Daniel led a campaign to reinvigorate civic engagement amongst the millennial demographic. As a result, in 2016 Tulsa saw some of the largest increases in young voter turnout in decades.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@jb6167]

Fine people for failing to vote. That will get people to the polls. It's amazing the results that can be achieved by simply hurting someones bottom line.

[@xxxYouTunesxxx]

Not going to happen. Next idea

[@yucol5661]

Make it shamefull and scummy for any candidate who isn’t in favor of expanding voting

[@Rofl890]

The thing with ideas like this is that it's radical enough that it would only pass _once_ young people start voting: you can't have the tree before you have the seed

[@TheSquidNinja]

Yep, nothing screams American freedom like coercion into political involvement