Student Involvement and Leadership

New Kids on the Block

Youth voting is gaining in strength! So attribute this growth to peer social group interaction on Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube. Why?

Conversation spreads by these means and increasing talk on politics raises your chances of going to the polls. Politicians in the past have not paid much attention to young voters. Decisions on the many issues of this election year, however, will make an enormous impact on the future of current young American adults i.e. you! Now is the time to turn youth voters into a voting block and make politicians pay attention to what you want.

Historically, young voters usually...

...don’t turn out on election day as much as older citizens do. However, a recent 2004 surge in youth voting shows that young adults do care about voting. Student votes are important in furthering the momentum of this surge into Election 2008.

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