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Millenials Making History?

The reason why Millennials should and need to vote this November.

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This article is a part two to my recent article, “Just Do It: Why You Need To Vote” and how it talks about voting. Well, this article is more focused on Millennials, mainly college students.

Millennial: a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000; the same generation that outnumbers baby boomers, the same generation being criticized for being so dependent on technology for the answers, and the same generation that has a powerful enough voice to change the world—starting with this election.

In this day and age, there are some Millennials who make excuses to not vote, calling it a waste of time and that they “don’t care” and is cool with whoever wins, as long as it is anyone but Donald Trump. What Millennials don’t realize is that they have the power to turn this election around.

With 43 percent of millennials considered people of color, Millennial voters are incredibly diverse. In my group of friends, there is a mixture of Black, White, Hispanic, Asian-American, and Bengali people who are all incredibly passionate about voting, because of the idea that our voices are being heard. Now, think of that voice being multiplied by millions—75.3, to be exact. People who vote will think of different categories—foreign policy, health insurance, and the elderly. No one ever REALLY thinks of the needs of college students. I mean, between admission policies, financial plans, and student loans, colleges kids have their issues too! So why not vote for someone who believes those same issues? Millennials are passionate about everything they put their mind to. 60 percent of us do volunteer for causes we believe in, which is why we are such a huge influence in society. Consumers love us, socially and politically.

Along with being passionate about our causes, influencing social media, and being incredibly diverse, millennials are tech professionals and are constantly on our phones, which makes people believe that we can't live without them (we can, we just choose not to). You can register to vote online and it'll take five to ten minutes! It's so easy! (Side note: for the actual election in November, you must be Republican or Democrat to vote!)

Did I also mention that If you Millennials choose to not vote, we could have another “Florida” incident again? So, consider voting!

On top of all of that, people have fought and died for our right to vote. Whether you're black, white, gay, straight, transgender, republican, or democrat, please exercise your right to vote, because those people made sacrifices for our generation, so when we are voting, we are voting and representing those who did not have that right or that privilege we have today.

So, get up, register to vote, and make a difference in November. Go out and be a part of history.

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