More Perfect Funds Expansion of High School Voter Registration Portal

Event summary

  • More Perfect is providing funding to The Civics Center (TCC) to expand its interactive data portal focused on high school voter registration.
  • The expanded portal will include state-level baseline registration rates and county-level data for 20 states, alongside demographic and policy insights.
  • TCC aims to train 50% more students and educators and support 600 HSVR drives in the current election cycle, a 56% increase.
  • TCC has previously demonstrated a 6-point increase in teen voter registration in communities with supported drives.

The big picture

The partnership highlights a growing trend of philanthropic investment in grassroots civic engagement initiatives, particularly those targeting young voters. With youth voter turnout historically lagging behind older demographics, organizations like TCC and More Perfect are attempting to address systemic barriers and information gaps. The expansion of the data portal represents a data-driven approach to a traditionally resource-intensive problem, potentially offering a scalable model for boosting youth participation in the democratic process.

What we're watching

Scalability
Whether TCC can effectively scale its operations to train 50% more students and support a significantly larger number of registration drives while maintaining program quality and impact.
Data Adoption
The extent to which the expanded data portal’s insights are integrated into high school curricula and utilized by educators and community partners to drive registration efforts.
Political Landscape
How shifts in state and federal policies regarding voter registration and civic education may impact TCC’s ability to operate and expand its reach.

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