As an article by Openers: The Plain Dealer Political Blog demonstrates, young voter turnout for this year’s primaries has increased two or three times more than in 2000 (voters under 30). When asked, younger voters said they were itching for a chance to make a change. They have succeed. The article stresses that a major factor for the increase in voter turnout under 30, is encouragement from their peers. How? You might ask, here are a few ways that younger voters are spreading their enthusiam to become active and Vote:
· Cell phones (we text enough as it is, so why not send text messages on election day to remind all your friends to vote)
· Laptops (god knows we are on our computers Iming or on Myspace.com and Facebook.com during class hours, so why not send all your friends messages or post a message on your profile telling them to vote)
· Conversations (instead of talking about how much you love your new haircut, talk about something that matters, such as the importance that our vote has on the US presidential elections)
Also here are some things that student like us are doing to spread the message:
1. Showing up at political events, recording it, and blogging about it.
2.Starting new organizations such as the Student Association for Voter Empowerment, founded by Matthew Segal (22 year-old).
3. Promoting their candidate’s campaign through Facebook or Myspace
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