![]() The November midterm election had the second-highest youth voter turnout in almost three decades. Roughly 27% of people ages 18 to 29 (those on the Gen Z-Millennial cusp) cast ballots in 2022, reports Tufts. This is their state, and community, for nine months of the year,” Haile said. ![]() “Local elections impact students as much, if not more, than national elections. “F&M Votes is one of the leading organizations of its kind in the country,” said staff chair Jessica Haile, assistant dean for international student service.įranklin & Marshall’s proximity to downtown Lancaster drives more students toward local activism, policy and politics. ![]() In 2020, 90.8% of eligible F&M students were registered to vote and 88.6% of those registered students cast a ballot (either in the College's district or their home), reports Tufts University’s National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement. This fall, F&M Votes registered more than 300 students, and at least 600 showed up to vote on Nov. That civic fervor is amplified on campus thanks to the efforts of F&M Votes, a nonpartisan coalition of students, faculty and staff engaged in voter registration, education and motivation activities. Like Joslin, “Generation Z” is breathing a new kind of life into campaign work – and young voter turnout indicates that it’s working. “I really feel like I was actually able to learn skills and make a difference – I was sending out releases that 600 press contacts would read,” said Joslin, of Havertown, Pa. The video – a clever take on a “slay or nay” trend – was just one of many ways the government major and music performance minor helped assist Shapiro’s gubernatorial campaign. When Franklin & Marshall junior Liz Joslin began interning for Josh Shapiro, she never expected to go viral on TikTok alongside Pennsylvania’s Governor-Elect.
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