With so much unknown about how this year's election will play out, young and new voters will play a key factor in the results.

According to the most recent figures from the Suffolk County Board of Elections, this year there are nearly 86,000 newly registered voters, with about 41,000 between ages 18-29.

Compared to four years ago, there were over 94,000 newly registered voters, with more than 43,000 aged 18-29.

According to estimates from the Nassau County Board of Elections, this year there are more than 69,300 new registered voters. Of those, 31,231 are 18-29 years old.

Young voters who News 12 spoke to simply said the election this year was something that could not be missed.

"I'm 18 years old and I want to see, in my next four years of college, policies that I agree with are going on in Washington, so I wanted to make sure that I had my voice heard," says Aman Islam, of Valley Stream and a member of Young LI for Justice.

"Politics is personal, right? So this is our future, I grew up here on Long Island ... and this is the community where I want to stay," says Vivian Mantzopoulos, of Greenport, who is campaigning door-to-door for Rep. Lee Zeldin.

Political expert Mike Dawidziak says most first-time voters tend to be about 35 years old because that's the age for most people when they buy a home and tend to be more aware of the political process.

"What we look at is not necessarily how they're going to vote, because we know that they tend to vote more Democratic, it's how many of them are going to vote," he says. "Are they going to vote in numbers that are big enough that could send the election this way or that way and this year, so far, generally speaking, we do not detect that kind of enthusiasm."