If you take a look at the information from the past elections, what you see is not a pretty sight when it comes the us millennials. The 2014 election was not a good time for voter turnout amongst all
Of the ages but especially the young 18-29 year olds. During the 2014 election the ages between 18-29 was only 20 percent.... ONLY 20 percent of people that were between those ages voted in the election. That is terrible. It is sad to see that us young people seem to not care about who is going to be in power of our country. In the more recent 2018 election the numbers have had spiked up to about 36 percent of people between 18-29 had put their vote in which seems to me like even though that is one of the largest numbers and we’re living in a better direction it is still embarrassing that we are the ones complaining about how our corrupt our world is when we are the one that aren’t showing that we actually care enough to go to a voting booth and pick the person that you want to be our leader. As many of you might already know, the majority of the population that is getting out of their house and voting is the elder people or the middle aged older people that all seem to be politically correct and think that they know what is going on. The thing that annoys me is a lot of the kids or teens these days are always arguing about their beliefs and think that they are right yet they are also the ones that don’t vote which seems pointless because it is technically your fault if the person you want to win doesn’t.
Swarthmore
Now getting to the social media part of the argument. I think that social media in general can make an impact on what goes on in the political world. The political landscape has changed a lot since it first became a thing and one of the reasons for that is social media and the internet.Now, social media is a crucial part in gaining supporters and spreading the word. The reason I say so is because when you look on social media, you will see all campaigns are posting what they have to offer and what they are all about trying to bring but they sometimes talk down on whiner is running against to try to bring people to them and make others shy away from their competitors. This allows all of the people who are on these different apps (which is mostly the younger generations) and many people give their own opinions and interact with the campaigns which allows more engagement and that will be easier for us kids to pick a side on who we want to vote for. The internet also helps speed up showing the results of polls instantly on the phone rather the the old days where people would have to wait for the newspaper or the next TV show to state any type of political issue. It also helps politicians find specific target markets for who likes them so that they can continue to advertise those same things to gain more followers. You can get personal interactions with fans, critics and politicians, which is what everyone finds important in getting to know what exactly you want. I think that the internet is not always used in a good way. Apps like Facebook and Twitter often times are used for memes and could turn politics into things like propaganda. Anyone could post fake news or something that is not true, making fun of the other campaigns and this could lead to other people believing what you are saying and this could stir many arguments and everyone fighting each other behind their screens which could all turn out to be a big mess but sadly this is how things go. I think overall, using the internet and social media will continue to help the young generations who never vote, get up off the couch and take a stand for what they believe it and so far, the numbers show that it is gradually getting better as the days go on.
Youn
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