‘Democracy isn’t working’: Many young adults believe voting is not important, AP-NORC poll finds Politics Aug 5, 2025 1:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mairekk Griffiths, a 26-year-old cook in a Denver suburb, doesn’t think he’ll ever pay a lot of attention to U.S. politics unless radical change happens.

“If another party was likely to win, I’d be interested in that,” said Griffiths, who voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential race but, like many his age, does not see voting as that valuable.

“I can’t say either way that voting matters,” Griffiths said. “It’s just picking the least bad option. That’s what I remember my whole life — both sides are bad, but this side is less bad.”

Young people such as Griffiths are less engaged with U.S. politics than older Americans a

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