Americans under 30 are severely underrepresented among voters: they made up 21 percent of the adult citizen population in 2012, but only 15.5 percent of the voting population. (Representational Bias in the 2012 Electorate, Project Vote’s Senior Public Policy Analyst, Dr. Vanessa Perez) In 2012, there was a concentrated effort by MTV to get young people to vote, but 18–30 year old turnout was poor.