It was less than three months after Kamala Harris had lost in all seven swing states that I met Georgia Young Democrats leader Parker Short. His party found itself embroiled in an identity crisis after Donald Trump grew his vote total among 18–29-year-old voters by 11 points.

For a party long identified with championing causes of the future, the shift was a smack in the face. However, coming from a place of relative success, Parker, 23, was optimistic about emerging leadership's ability to prevent this shift from becoming a trend.

Georgia was the only state where Democrats outperformed Biden's 2020 total with young voters, gaining by 7 percent with voters under 30, according to NPR. Parker helped lead that effort as president of the Young Democrats of Georgia from January through S

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