Sweekriti Ratnam
Class of 2026Redwood City, California
About
Hello, my name is Sweekriti and my project is about the voting preferences of adolescents.Projects
- "The Voting Preferences of Adolescents" with mentor Dan (Sept. 7, 2024)
Project Portfolio
The Voting Preferences of Adolescents
Started Sept. 19, 2023
Abstract or project description
Sweekriti will examine factors such as cues that political candidates give, racial identity, and single-voter issues that influence adolescents voting preferences. She intends to use mixed methods-- surveys and interviews-- to examine how teenagers perceive political candidates. By doing this, she will be able to pinpoint the processes that influence young people's voting preferences.
I plan on using a survey method in order to identify what voting cues and single-voter issues that impact adolescents voting preferences, and to see if I can identify trends that indicate how pre-voters perceive political candidates. This information can reveal what specific factors influence the way adolescents vote, and if any can be tied to a specific factor (immigration, heritage, etc...)