A handful of vulnerable House Democrats, including those in pivotal battleground states, celebrated partnering with a left-wing Gen Z advocacy group ahead of 2024 that supports policies such as decriminalizing prostitution and abolishing cash bail.
“I am thrilled to be a Voters of Tomorrow Youth Vote Champion. As elected officials, my colleagues and I have a unique opportunity to give young Americans a voice in their future,” Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Matt Cartwright said of the endorsement, according to an X post from the Voters of Tomorrow.
A left-wing advocacy group that promotes voting among Gen Z voters, Voters of Tomorrow has a particular focus on “justice” issues such as decriminalizing prostitution, dismantling “racist” institutions — including those that carry out “racial profiling in education and policing” and ending “racist voting laws” — as well as calling for stricter gun control, and ending “the abusive practices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection.”
Voters of Tomorrow announced last year that 36 members of Congress joined a “Youth Vote Champion” pledge in an effort to engage young Gen Z voters, a generation typically considered to include anyone born between 1997 and 2013.
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Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) speaks before President Biden takes the stage to speak on his Safer America Plan at the Marts Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 30, 2022. Cartwright is among a number of vulnerable House Democrats in the 2024 cycle endorsed by Voters of Tomorrow, a left-wing advocacy group. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“We have to engage young voters not only in the two weeks before the election, but in the two years before the election,” Jack Lobel, 18, the national press secretary of Voters of Tomorrow, told Axios at the time.
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