Early voting ends Friday at 3 p.m
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — From the economy and inflation to abortion, a host of issues are driving voters to the polls for the midterm elections, but what about young voters?
While some Cape Fear election offices are seeing record numbers at the polls, it’s not translating to young voters.
According to representatives of the two major parties, the number of young voters appears to be on the decline since the last midterm elections.
According to Andre Brown and Debbie Love, it’s high school students who are showing interest in the midterms and have expressed that they want to make an informed decision when it comes time to vote.
“I’ve seen young people under the age of 18, who are participating and very engaged, so hopefully they can inspire older friends,” he said. “That enthusiasm can certainly be spread.”
“We have a lot of kids who seem like, even in high school, they’re involved, they look at it like, I want to learn, I want to learn how this all works because in the past, when things were going really well. people didn’t matter, they don’t want to learn how it works, just that it works.”
In WWAY’s 5-county coverage area, about 107,000 voters have cast ballots in person and nearly 7,000 mail-in ballots have been received, with early voting ending Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
More information about the Cape Fear election can be found below:
Bladen County
Columbus County
Pender County
New Hanover County
Brunswick County
