Are we sitting this one out?
“Younger voters vanishing” screamed a Sept. 26 Chicago Tribune headline above a story reporting there were 180,000 fewer registered voters in the 18-to-34 bracket than were signed up in Cook County at that point prior to the 2008 presidential.
Sure, President Barack Obama remains heavily favored to carry Illinois. But if vanished youth proves a national trend, the incumbent-who relied on that demographic in 2008-could be in for a long night Nov. 6.
Then again, no candidate can say DePaul University did not try to prod students to the polls.
With its Get Out the Vote (GOTV) campaign, DePaul’s Student Involvement office seeks to raise awareness about elections and voting processes. It also offers “opportunities to register to vote, learn how to submit an absentee ballot and become familiar with the issues,” according to the organization’s website.
DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) also has been the advocate of a politicially educated student body.