Saturday’s Republican primary: Not just for Republicans anymore
The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. To find your polling place, go to SCVotes.org. It’s Saturday. You’re tired from a long week, probably hung over, and ready to relax. Get off your ass! You have the fate of the nation in your hands. Okay, that might be a slight overstatement, but today’s Republican primary is nonetheless extremely important, as is our role as college students in it. We’ve been hearing our whole lives about the “youth vote” and how important it is that we get out to the polls, and many of us take this with a grain of salt. However, your vote may be more powerful than you think. In 2008, between 22 and 24 million young Americans ages 18–29 voted, resulting in an estimated youth voter turnout (the percentage of eligible voters who actually cast a vote) of between 49.3 and 54.5 percent,...













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