Editor's note
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While pundits across the media expected a blue wave in the 2018 midterm elections, a group of researchers at Tufts University have had their eye on something else: young people. Early results show they had good reason. People between the ages of 18 and 29 turned out in record numbers, writes Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, which actually helps explain some of the major Democratic Party wins. She writes that “young people have gotten involved
and felt ready to make a change in American politics – and so they did.”
Latinos also appear to have voted in record numbers yesterday. The turnout proves that this big and growing group – which has historically voted at low rates – will show up for politicians and parties who talk to them about the issues that matter the most. That’s a lesson for both parties going into 2020, writes UC Berkeley’s Lisa Garcia Bedolla.
In some respects, the election was seen as a referendum on the #MeToo movement, which helped propel more than 500 women to run for political office. And come January, a record number will take seats in Congress, a big reason the House turned blue. University of Oregon law professor Elizabeth C. Tippett that Democrats, with their new power, may finally do for #MeToo what lawmakers did after the 2008 financial collapse: get to the root causes of the crisis and find out why companies turned a blind eye to sexual misconduct for so long.
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Danielle Douez
Associate Editor, Politics + Society
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Nine months after Parkland, students like David Hogg have joined the youth voter wave.
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Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Tufts University
A survey shows the newest generation on the voting block is extremely cynical, and that drove record numbers of them out to vote.
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Democrat Beto O'Rourke won 63 percent of Latino voters in Texas, exit polls show, and Latinos seem to have voted in record numbers. But it wasn’t enough to win.
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Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley
Record high Latino participation shows this growing voter segment will turn out for parties and politicians who tackle issues they care about. That's a big lesson for 2020 – and not just for Dems.
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The #MeToo marchers said they represented people who had been sexually abused.
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Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
After a year of headlines and ousted CEOs, Congress has yet to pass a single piece of legislation on sexual harassment – let alone hold a hearing. That will change come January.
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Health + Medicine
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Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
Voters listed health care as one of their biggest concerns in the midterm elections. Were their concerns addressed? The results are mixed.
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Gymama Slaughter, Old Dominion University
A key part of preventing secondary medical problems from diabetes involves glucose monitoring. For National Diabetes Month, a researcher describes her work on a self-powered monitor.
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Science + Technology
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Matthew Doude, Mississippi State University; Christopher Goodin, Mississippi State University; Daniel Carruth, Mississippi State University
One-third of roads in the U.S. are unpaved; plenty more have faded or obscured road markings. Today's self-driving vehicles can't go on them, and will need new algorithms to handle those conditions.
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Jennifer Ruef, University of Oregon
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Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
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