Do students care about elections? Should they care even if they cannot vote?

The average 18 to 22 year old does not vote. This is a well-accepted fact supported by economist Dana Severson from eHow.com, but why don’t the young people vote?

The young students of America do not care about elections. When asked the question why, government teacher Mr. Pugh said, “Young people don’t see how the government affects them.” This means that the voters, older adults and retirees, get more attention in the policies that candidates make.

The younger generation is affected by government. “If we [young voters] paid attention to the issues and acted now, it would pay dividends in our future.” said Austin Moore ’13, a voter in the upcoming election.

Legislators have been making more laws, in the recent decades, to control educational funding in this country. Those decisions have a direct effect on the young students graduating high school and planning to pay for college.

Why don’t students vote? Read to see if they are aware of the issues.

When it comes to school vouchers, which allow students to go to schools outside their financial ability, they are opinions the youth have. Laurel Fricker ’13 s

aid “People should have a choice of which school up to a certain point…when it [preferable choice of school] is not financially possible by any means, you just can’t make that happen.”

That is not the only issue facing politicians today, but it is one that directly affects the world students live in. The changes in government being decided by elections now will change the future of this nation. Young people may not choose to vote currently because they do not see the importance, but it is the responsible way to be prepared for the future.