08.15.2019 - By Hartford Courant
We've heard the same old refrain for years: young people aren't interested in local politics.
Arguably, 2018 -- when Connecticut residents between 18 to 25 saw the biggest increase in voter registration leading up to the midterm election, and when 26th Senate District voters elected Will Haskell, a 22-year-old Georgetown University graduate, to the general assembly -- disproved that theory.
Still, something about that refrain *feels* right.
On the latest podcast, Courant intern Tyra McClung spoke to state representative Brandon McGee Jr. and New Britain mayor Erin Stewart about why some Connecticut millennials don't engage with local politics.