{"id":20858,"date":"2026-03-19T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/?page_id=20858"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:09:12","slug":"organizational-capacity-building-and-mobilization-of-young-voters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/publications\/organizational-capacity-building-and-mobilization-of-young-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Capacity Building and the Mobilization of Young Voters: Results from the Power California Partner Survey"},"content":{"rendered":" \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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From 2008 to 2019, the USC Equity Research Institute (ERI) published reports under our previous name, the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Dr. Veronica Terriquez and Jennifer Soto<\/p>\n

Power California is a nonprofit organization that coordinates and offers technical assistance to a network of youth organizing and civic engagement groups committed to increasing the representation of young voters of color in low-income communities. Originally called YVote, a project initiated in 2016 by the Movement Strategy Center and Mobilize the Immigrant Vote with support from the Irvine Foundation, Power California became its own 501(c)3 organization in the spring of 2018. Power California and its partner organizations played an important role in increasing turnout among young voters during the 2018 November election. These gains in young voter engagement can in part be attributed to investments in civic infrastructure that supports training and coordination among groups. This report documents Power California partners\u2019 growing capacity to engage young voters in government elections. Overall, it demonstrates that partners gained important experience across a range of indicators related to engaging young voters in government elections, and it suggests that Power California\u2019s technical assistance and coordination efforts played a role in the network\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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