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Election 2020

Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes

November 3, 2020 by Matigan King

In Nevada, many young voters have cast their ballots in their first presidential election, which will likely be the most consequential of their lifetimes. The past four years have deeply divided the country, and with this year’s Presidential Election many voters tired of the political divisiveness are hoping to change the country’s trajectory. That’s especially […]

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First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results

November 3, 2020 by Jaime Cao, Jenna Elsetouhy, Bella Park, Lola Proctor, Nicole Ly, Elizabeth Marquis, Matigan King, Genesis Rosich, Claire Campbell Fishman, Ivy Zhu, Zachary Lee, Antonio Pelaez

Election 2020 Georgia Voting

Across the country, millions of American college students in Red states and Blue states cast their vote for the first time in a pivotal election, marked with a sense of unease and unpredictability.  Issues like racial equality, reproductive rights, climate, and others, drove young voters across the country to turn out in historic numbers for […]

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Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election

November 3, 2020 by Lola Proctor

With Tuesday’s night vote, college students in Georgia are not entirely hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, will win their home state in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are even more concerned about the aftermath of the election and what the next four years may bring.  “I’m super nervous about the fact […]

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Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst

November 3, 2020 by Jaime Cao

Election 2020 Arizona Voting

College voters in Arizona are bracing themselves for post-election unrest and what a second term for President Donald Trump could mean as polls in the battleground state come to a close on Tuesday night.  Young Arizonians are part of the rapidly growing demographic that could flip the historically Republican state from Red to Blue in […]

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Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State

November 3, 2020 by Jenna Elsetouhy

Election 2020 Florida Voting

First-time voters in Florida are bracing themselves that they may not know the results of the Presidential Election in the days, and maybe even weeks, to come.  This uncertainty is not a new feeling for Floridians in this election cycle, who reside in a critical battleground state. They have worried about everything from whether mail-in […]

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For Asian Americans, Trump’s rhetoric is key factor in the 2020 Election

November 2, 2020 by Zachary Lee

Subject in Zachary Lee Cooper Squared "For Asian Americans..."

President Donald Trump’s repeated references to COVID-19 as the “kung flu” or the “China virus” are galvanizing Asian Americans to vote Democrat in the U.S. November election.  Since the pandemic, there has been a surge of anti-Asian sentiment as Trump has routinely faulted China for the origination of a deadly global virus that has killed […]

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College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day

October 30, 2020 by Claire Campbell Fishman

vote ballot

Students at universities across the country are grappling with the time-sensitive decision regarding whether to vote in person or by mail in the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 3. With the election days away and the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many regions, Americans are faced with two important decisions this November. Not only must […]

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News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news

October 30, 2020 by Ivy Zhu

The rise of misinformation ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election has created a renewed urgency for news literacy around the country. Misinformation has never been as overwhelming as it is right now in all of history. Having this much access to almost any information leads to a concerning issue of whether the content that we […]

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Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome

October 30, 2020 by Jaime Cao

Youth voter turnout for Presidential Elections hasn’t always yielded mass numbers in the polls, but this year young voters have become a political force. With pressing global issues like a deadly virus that has killed over one million people, systemic racial injustice and the catastrophic effects of climate change at the forefront of their minds, […]

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Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?

October 30, 2020 by Matigan King

Biden Trump Debate, Source AP Images

An unruly first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised serious questions about the efficacy of traditional debates, prompting a call for stringent rules to maintain decorum. It appears it may have worked—at least this time. Last week’s Thursday night debate, the last ahead of the Presidential election on Tuesday, […]

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