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Vol. 64, Issue 2
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09.09.16
Millennials, your vote counts! by Omar Ross Millennials are now as large of a political force as baby boomers according to U.S. Census data from the Pew Research Center, which defines millennials as people between the ages of 18 to 35. Both generations make up roughly 31 percent of the overall electorate. As of April 2016, an estimated 69.2 million millennials were registered to vote. This is a number almost equal to the 69.7 million baby boomers registered to vote in the electorate.
The baby boomer voting-eligible population rose in size to 72.9 million in 2004. While the boomer electorate is decreasing in size, millennials have been aging and increasing as a large percent of the voter population. With this increase of young voters, millennials will soon be the largest generation in the electorate. The growth in the number of millennials who are eligible to vote underscores the potential electoral influence of today’s young adults. Although millennials
are of age to vote, they still remain far from the largest generational bloc of actual voters. Millennials have punched below their electoral weight in former presidential elections. There are many reasons why young people are less likely to vote than their older counterparts. Kawashima-Ginsberg, the director of the Center for Information and Research on Civil Earning and Engagement The Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and the Dem-oc(CIRCLE) at Tufts Univerratic Party of Virginia sponsored a voting registration drive sity, said “It seems young targeted to millennials at Norfolk State University on Aucontinued on p. 2 gust 26, 2016.
Will the “It’s On Us” campaign survive the presidential election by Omar Ross As the presidential election is underway, a major question that has risen is, what will candidates do about sexual assault on college campuses? Vice President Joe Biden spoke to college administrators, chancellors and student body
presidents about the issue in a conference call. The White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign is the government’s latest push to try and end sexual assault on college campuses. “I’m calling about the need for there to be a climate change and a culture
change on our campuses, which makes it clear early on that sexual assault violence, rape…sex without consent, will simply not be tolerated on any campus in America,” said Biden. One-in-five women and one-in-71 men experience sexual assault in their life-
time according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. They suggest that women between the ages of 18 and 24 are at high risk of sexual assault compared to all other age groups. When the Obama administration leaves office in five months, the future of the efforts to end sexual as-
sault will fall into the hands of either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton has a plan in place to deal with the issue of ending sexual assault. She plans to provide comprehensive support to continued on p. 3
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