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# Podcast: Chasing First-Time Voters In Iowa
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/chasing-first-time-voters-in-iowa/
- Published: 2018-10-29T12:50:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:41:08.000Z
- Description: Young voters traditionally participate in elections process less frequently than their older counterparts. Some of them talk in this podcast about their first crack at the voting booth.
- Author: Lily Bohlke
- Tags: Elections, Government, iowawatch, Buena Vista University, Cornell College, Democratic Party, first-time voters, Republican Party, University of Iowa, voters, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

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Young voters traditionally participate in elections process less frequently than their older counterparts. Still, those often first-time voters are being courted actively by candidates in 2018.

This podcast takes you to different locations in Iowa, where we speak with first- and second-time voters on college campuses.

###### [READ MORE: Chasing Iowa’s First-Time Voters, But Are They Paying Attention?](https://investigatemidwest.org/chasing-iowas-first-time-voters-but-are-they-paying-attention/?ref=investigatemidwest.org)

*IowaWatch reporters Christian McCormick and Matthew McDermott and Omar Alcorta, Tyler Brunner and the staff at KBVU/The Tack contributed to this report.*