I remember just a few weeks ago being at the Fall Summit to represent Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society and that the presenters of the whole event only talked about how important it was for college students-- let alone us here at USF-- to go out and vote. What really stuck to me were the demographics of voters in the past two elections and even this year's. What I do remember was that the youth (roughly around 18-30) were minority voters in 2004 and are projected to be in 2012, whereas older voters (especially seniors) always voted.
The youth however, is very outspoken and it is a time in our lives where we are discovering who we are and what values and opinions we hold dear to us-- but does any of this matter when they don't vote? The Fall Summit felt less of a union of ASUSF and clubs and special organizations and more of a rally for all of us to encourage disengaged students to start engaging by voting. Nothing wrong with that, because they made a point. And we really are all passionate and outspoken from what I've seen on campus at involvement fairs and even on social media like Twitter and Tumblr à la political humor memes. But in the end, you're not making any change unless you put yourself out there.
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