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Why Young Adults Do Not Vote To Vote

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While watching the news last weekend, I was intrigued by a newscast that was about the upcoming election. It was the first one that I was really interested in. It was not a he-said, she-said newscast. It was about voter registration. So many young adults do not vote or even know how to register to vote. I am not even sure that many teenagers even think about registering to vote when they turn 18. My son signed up for selective service as soon as he turned 18. They asked him if he wanted to fill out the voter registration too. He is very political and of course said, “Yes.” My daughter, on the other hand turned 18 in July and she still hasn’t registered to vote. If she was required to sign up for selective service then she could have done it then, but that thought is for another discussion and class. According to the U.S Census Bureau, “62% of young Americans (18-24) did not vote in 2012 (Daily Detroit 2016). That is an unreal and unacceptable number. Our youth should be more in tune with what is …show more content…

They are really trying to empower our youth in a manner they understand. As part of the campaign, Doritos put vending machines on college campuses. The vending machines are full of red (nacho) and blue (ranch) Doritos. There is touch screen that asks if they are registered to vote and then are asked to pick the type of Doritos they would like. They are not asked who they will vote for, but the red and blue seems political to me. If their choice is, “No I didn’t register,” they do not get a red or blue bag of Doritos. They get a white bag that has the label “No Taste, No crunch, No choice.” Inside the bag is a note that says, “If you’re not registered to vote, this bag is for you. It has no taste, no crunch, no choice, because if you don’t vote, someone else choses for you just like this.” (Daily Detroit 2016). The best part is, the bag is filled with inedible cardboard triangles to make them really think about the

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