Our Initiatives.
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Since 2020, youth that TurnUp has registered and mobilized have voted in historic numbers and been the deciding factor in elections.
TurnUp organized the largest youth-led voter registration and turnout operations in the past three cycles including both Georgia runoff elections, based on publicly available data.
Our approach is aimed at increasing democratic participation and investing in solution-driven innovations designed to increase youth registration, turn out young voters, and combat threats to our democracy from every angle. We provide the education, tools, and opportunities needed to create a civically competent and engaged electorate of young voters armed with the skills to strengthen our democracy for generations to come.
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Young people have shown us that with support from TurnUp's programs, they will show up in droves and be the energetic changemakers that our democracy needs.
ON-CAMPUS REGISTRATION & TURNOUT DRIVES
900,000+ young voters in swing states will turn 18 in 2026. We recruit, hire, and train students at 1,750 high schools and 296 community colleges to conduct on-campus registration drives and get their communities registered to vote! We also hire community college students to do on-campus turnout activities.
RELATIONAL REGISTRATION & TURNOUT DRIVES
We hire young people at key high schools and community colleges and other unregistered young people to remind their friends to register to vote. We also employ low-propensity voters to remind their friends to vote.
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING
TurnUp Internship Program
TurnUp saw a moment - the time to start an innovative remote internship program that would allow youth to work together to advocate for issues important to young people, fight voter suppression and boost youth voter turnout.
DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS
Young people want to register to vote and we make it easy for them to do so online. 90% of young people are using online social media platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram every day.