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The paper discusses the youth issues presented in the election programs of 9 political entities participating in the 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia (which exceeded the 1% threshold). Most of the political parties in the election programs mainly offer young people ways to overcome the challenges related to education and improving the economic situation, part of the parties focus on issues such as sports, defense, entertainment and others.The paper presents the results of content analysis which confirms that in 2020, during the parliamentary elections in Georgia, the election programs of political parties had little or no coverage of youth issues, their interests, challenges and visions for the future. If parties are better able to identify youth challenges and pay more attention to the future, they will make their party programs more diverse and comprehensive on youth topics.

The article discusses the role of youth organizations of political parties in the political socialization of young people during the 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia. In-depth interviews with young representatives of 9 political entities (which crossed the 1% threshold) revealed opportunities for political socialization of youth. It was found that political parties in their ranks do little to encourage young people to develop politically and develop their political careers from youth organizations of political parties.In today's political parties, there is a practical attitude towards the members of youth organizations, which leads to the nihilistic attitude of the youth towards the parties and politics in general, which is why they often leave the party. The pre-election activities of the youth organizations of the parties during the 2020 parliamentary elections were different from the activities of the post-election period. It has been found that the number of young people in the youth wing has dropped dramatically since the election due to a reduction in resources or initiatives by the party.