Bribes, Threats, and Tears: 9 Ways to Get Your Adult Children to Vote

Whether it's the harrowing trauma that black and brown people are living through (or not) at the border or at the hands of police; the near-certainty that Roe v. Wade will be overturned along with other basic human rights; the fear that they won't have a habitable planet on which to raise their own children, or simply being pissed that because of the negligent non-handling of the pandemic by this hideous admin means they have to move back in with you—kids today are showing up to vote and I am here for it.

There was a huge jump in the number of voters aged 18 to 29 who cast ballots in the 2018 midterms as compared to other midterms. Plus, 63 percent of this age group have said in surveys that they’re definitely voting in this presidential election. That’s up from 28 percent who declared they would go to the polls at the same time in 2016.