[Article] About 20 days before the presidential election… Young voters in 2030, where do their votes go?

Amid the prevailing observation that the 2030 generation will exercise a “casting boat” in next month’s presidential election, leading candidates who rank first and second in various polls are struggling to win the votes of young people. How will our young people evaluate the so-called “youth pledges” that presidential candidates are scrambling to make?

Four research institutes affiliated with Korea University’s Department of Politics and Economics have decided to hold a joint symposium on the theme of “Evaluation of Youth Policy on Presidential Pledge.” It is expected to be an important place to gauge the most important criteria for the 2030 generation to select candidates to support in the election, which candidates’ pledges are more likely to be realized and reach the hearts of the 2030 generation.

The forum, co-hosted by the Peace and Democracy Institute, Economic Research Institute, Statistics Research Institute, and Government Research Institute, is hosted by Yoon Suh Jung, a professor of statistics, and students from various departments of Department of Politics and Economics presenting youth policies. Shin Wha Lee(political science and international relations), director of the Peace and Democracy Institute, Sung Jin Kang (economics), director of the Economic Research Institute, and Eung Kyoon Lee (administration professor) of the Government Research Institute will be the debaters. You can watch it on-line through Korea University’s YouTube channel.

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