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What young voters are looking for in the upcoming elections in Greece

With election season in full swing, Greece’s politicians are trying to engage with a group of voters that may not have received their full attention in the past: young voters. We’ve seen political leaders take to TikTok, speak to YouTubers, and create content targeting this specific bloc of voters. Given this emphasis on winning the youth vote, Nikos Efstathiou, the deputy editor in chief at the weekly magazine LiFO and a former journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look into what young Greeks are looking for in these upcoming elections. 

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Government set sights on 420,000 new voters

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