Introductory Post: Where is the millennial vote?
For my political multimedia piece I wanted to focus on why the millennial population is not voting in major national elections like they should be. This could also be a regional piece where I look at multiple schools in the area and see how the voting patterns are spread across multiple area universities. I could also focus on Alrbght students and have a more opinion oriented piece on why specifically students are choosing not to vote in these elections.

Some surprising facts I found about college age voters:

In 2008, younger citizens (18-24) had the lowest voting rate (49 percent), while citizens who fell into older age groups (45-64 and 65-plus) had the highest voting rates (69 percent and 70 percent, respectively).

There is a great article focusing on this issue from U.S. News http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/01/15/seeking-political-support-colleges-prod-students-to-vote which talks about how one college in California tried to attract students to the idea of voting.

 

The Huffington post also found some surprising information about student voters. It was mentioned in an article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/21/young-voters_n_6200852.html that people under 30 are more than twice as likely to say that only the well-informed should cast a ballot as they are to say that all eligible citizens should do so.

 

Local interview sources I could use;

1. Most importantly the students themselves. Understanding why they either do or do not vote is key to this article and understanding their ideology as to why they make the political choices they do is important.
2. Political science professors. They can give insight into recent voter trends from students and share their opinions on why this is an  issue or not.
    
    
   This is just a start but I hope with some feedback I can modify this piece and make it into a strong localized political issue.