First-Time Voters Take the NYC Mayoral Election

We the Ppl: Politics for Those Who Can't Vote

In this episode, tag-along with two high school students as they research and decide who they’ll vote for for the first time ever. The candidates are confusing, the policies even more so. What will be Mercer and Alice's conclusions? Listen to the end to find out. Sources used: http://www.civicyouth.org/21-3-youth-turnout-preliminary-estimate-comparable-to-recent-midterm-years/ http://www.nyccfb.info/pdf/issue_reports/whovotes.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/10/upshot/voting-habits-turnout-partisanship.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130228095348/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_nov12.pdf http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/de-blasio-years-home-stat-benefits-article-1.2471922 http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/visionzero/downloads/pdf/vision-zero-year-3-report.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/nyregion/new-york-subway-signals.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signaling_of_the_New_York_City_Subway https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/nyregion/new-york-subway-signals.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/11/15949284/new-york-subway-crisis http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-trashes-de-blasio-tax-plan-funding-mta-article-1.3433620 http://nypost.com/2017/08/23/bo-dietl-wants-to-punch-de-blasio-i-just-dont-like-the-guy/ https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/11/08/bo-dietl-ran-bigoted-campaign-and-spied-women-reporting-sexual-harassment-fox-he-should-have-no/218479 https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-lessons-of-mayor-bill-de-blasios-universal-pre-k-initiative http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/mentally-ill-rikers-inmate-died-after-7-days.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/inmate-baked-to-death-on-rikers-island.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/nyregion/new-york-police-department-body-cameras.html