To the Editor:

Re “Inspiring Young Voters, but Not Enough to Push Them to the Ballot Box” (news article, March 5):

I am writing to offer further context about the emerging electorate and their lack of participation at the voting booth. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently published the largest study ever of nonvoters, which included a close look at voting-eligible Americans ages 18 to 24.

The study shows that we could potentially be losing a generation of voters. They report a substantially lower interest in politics generally and in voting in 2020 even than Americans who chronically don’t vote. The top reasons cited by those who said they will not vote are that they don’t care about politics and they don’t like the candidates.

The challenge — not only to candidates like Bernie Sanders but to the democratic system as well — is to demonstrate how voting can affect the daily lives of these young Americans. Until they feel the impact that participation can have, it’s unlikely that they’ll show up in force at the polls.

Evette Alexander

Miami

The writer is director of Learning and Impact Strategy at the Knight Foundation.