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

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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 […]

Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]