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“The Divide is Clear”: Young voters on edge on Election Night following recent court rulings

November 4, 2020 by Nicole Ly

"The Divide Is Clear" by Nicole Ly

Young Minnesotans fear that voter suppression may impact votes for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and continue the state’s pattern of discrimination against its marginalized groups. Following months of Black Lives Matter protests and incidents of police brutality, Minnesota college voters are worried their state will ‘swing Red’ in favor of President Donald Trump after […]

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A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans

November 3, 2020 by Zachary Lee

Election 2020 Early Voting Iowa

Andrew Thompson, a junior at Drake University studying Political Science, is yearning for a return to normalcy after four chaotic years of the Trump presidency.  “I hope that when I listen to a daily news podcast I can go a week without hearing anything from the Oval Office. That would be lovely,” said Thompson, who […]

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Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change

November 3, 2020 by Bella Park

Michigan Gen Z voters may have casted their ballots hoping for change, but now they are waiting for what comes next. “The country is so divided right now and I think that what we can do is unite, but unite by understanding that we have more in common than what divides us,” Kamali Clora, 21, […]

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Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift

November 3, 2020 by Ivy Zhu

The rising number of young American voters in Texas are tipping the Lone Star State to the left in this year’s election as fewer older generation voters headed to the polls on Tuesday night.  With many more young voters casting ballots for former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, compared to the 2016 election, […]

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First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future

November 3, 2020 by Antonio Pelaez

Election 2020 Wisconsin Voting

On the night of a Presidential Election unlike any other, student voters across Wisconsin expressed discontent over restrictions like voiding any mail-in ballots received after 8pm on Election Day. “To me, it’s so obvious the people in power right now do not care about their constituents.” said Macie Daley, a sophomore studying Political Science at […]

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First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results

November 3, 2020 by Claire Campbell Fishman

PA Polling Place

College students across Pennsylvania are anxiously awaiting the results of the 2020 Presidential Election to filter in this evening and in the days ahead, as polls close and votes are counted. During most election years in recent history, the state of Pennsylvania has been thrust into the spotlight as a battleground state that former Presidential […]

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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

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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