Ryan NicolFebruary 6, 2020
4min478
The two talked voting rights at the Miami Dade College North campus.
Tag: youth vote
Ryan NicolFebruary 6, 2020
Guest AuthorJune 12, 2018
9min387
In the nearly half a century since the legal voting age was set at 18, low participation rates among 18- to 24-year-old voters has perplexed candidates, consultants and researchers. With the ever-growing importance of field campaigns, a renewed effort to reach and mobilize these younger voters — at the local, state and national levels — […]
Larry GriffinOctober 30, 2016
5min194
The people leaving UCF’s CFE Arena Friday night after the speech by President Barack Obama ended were happy, and the warm, fervent energy of his speech had energized them. Or at least, it reinforced what they already thought: that it was important for the young people to exercise their vote. That was one of the main […]
Ryan RayMarch 15, 2016
3min220
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to win Florida’s Democratic presidential primary contest on Tuesday over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. However, the wide generational enthusiasm gap was shown in a big way by a straw poll conducted by the state’s Young Democrats group. Sanders blew out Clinton by an overwhelming margin among Florida Young Dems, taking […]