This student-led PAC’s voter mobilization effort in SD 3 is reporting some eye-catching numbers

Florida Future LeadersA student-led PAC launched this year to mobilize voters in key legislative districts in the state has been working for months to flip the seat representing Senate District 3 blue.

On the eve of election day, exceeded $1 million reports some stunning numbers on fundraising.

Excerpt from data run by Democrats NGP VAN According to the database, the group reports that democratic turnout among voters ages 18-23 in SD 3 is about 6 percentage points higher than the statewide (48.1% to 42.4%).

Among independents, the divide is even deeper. The voting rate of voters aged 18-23 in the SD 3 district, who are not affiliated with any party, is 7 points higher than voters statewide (37.3% vs. 30.4%).

Turnout among Republican SD 3 voters in the same age range also increased, but at about a third of the increase seen by Democrats (46.4% to 44.6% statewide).

The 18-23 demographic is the only demographic in SD 3 where Democrats outperform Republicans in turnout.

Florida Future Leaders’ promotional campaigns, including digital advertising and distribution branded condoms, wrapping papers and $75,000 worth of free Plan B pills, highlighting changes to marijuana and abortion in the 2024 elections, produced other encouraging numbers for the group.

60% of those aged 18-23 who vote in SD 3 are women. That’s 4 percentage points higher than the share of women in the same age range statewide.

The statewide percentage of women in this demographic is 38.3%. At SD 3, this rate is 6.1 points higher (44.4%). And turnout for all voters under 30 is 1.2 percentage points higher than statewide (36.4% to 35.2%).

Senate Democratic Leader candidate Jason Pizzo he told Florida Politics last week. The youth vote can play a heavy role On who will win SD 3 on Tuesday. In March, he donated $20,000 to Future Leaders of Florida, joining more than 22,000 people who donated to the group through Oct. 31.

“I think it’s very close,” Pizzo said. “I’m very encouraged to see: 18- to 25-year-olds voting much faster than in the last few elections.”

Jayden D’OnofrioThe Florida Future Leaders President said he expects the race to be “incredibly close.”

“This is thanks to the incredible turnout we’ve seen,” he said. “We believed from the beginning that young people’s votes would be critical for SD 3, and this turned out to be true. “From record-breaking turnout days at Florida State University to turnout numbers matching Florida A&M University’s 2020 numbers, young voters are making their voices heard.”

Florida Future Leaders We met in January As a collaboration between Florida College Democrats and Florida High School Democrats. The goal: Harness the power of the youth vote to reverse the rising red tide in Florida that Republicans are currently enjoying. More than 1 million voter advantage.

Florida in the 2022 Midterms, ninth worst attendance rate 18-29 among voters in all U.S. states, according to Tufts University.

By July, the group identified three legislative districts to target crossovers: SD 3, where Tallahassee Republican Sen. Corey Simon Democrat faces civil rights lawyer Daryl Parks; House District 37, home of the former Orange County Land and Water Commissioner Nate DouglasA Democrat is taking over for Republican Representative. Susan Plasencia; and House District 91, which includes Democratic attorneys Jay Shooster He hopes to replace Republican Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman.

“Regardless of the outcome of this election, we have demonstrated something very important,” D’Onofrio said. “Youth can be organized and revealed. It just starts with dedicating resources to it and letting youth lead youth.

SD 3 includes Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor counties.

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