In a speech he gave to a crowd of college students in Maryland, President Obama pleaded his case for a similar election to his 2008 victory over John McCain.
"Change comes from the bottom up," Obama said. "Change happens because of you."
"There's an election coming up that's going to say a lot about our future," Obama said. "The American people need to know who is trying to sway their elections."
I'm not sure who Obama is kidding; anyone that's ever run for president tries to sway votes with political ads. The guy does have a way with my generation, though. In 2008, Obama reeled in 66 percent of the votes from voters 18-29 years old.
Interestingly enough, after four years' worth of watching an economy going bad and a job market declining, the college-aged voters have increasing numbers for Obama's overall approval rating. According to the IOP poll, 18-29 year old voters have increased approval ratings by 6 percent since November.
In that same poll, 77 percent of voters think "creating jobs and lowering the unemployment rate" are the most important issues pertaining to their age group. I don't get it.
It could be young voters just voting for the lesser of two evils, because presidential nominee Mitt Romney's approval among the young vote is dismal. In a PRRI poll, only 32 percent of young voters found a "favorable view" of Romney.
The poll nonsense doesn't stop there.
In a poll released by the Wall Street Journal, 40 percent of young voters believe Romney has the best ideas out of all the candidates for improving our country and fixing the economy. Obama came in a close second at 34 percent.
All of this polling and margin of error gibberish is just there to show us a rough, but slightly accurate, perspective for a national view. As far as a local perspective goes, I can provide some.
It's no secret that the state of Alabama is, has been and will continue to be a conservative, Republican-biased state. Just walk into Price's Barbecue House tomorrow, and I bet Fox News will be on every television.
Does this stereotype reign on Auburn's campus Maybe more so than other universities, but Auburn brings a variety of people with different political views from all over the country.
Judging by the people I talk to the most, Obama sucks; Romney is okay; and the vast majority couldn't care less about either.
That seems to be the true way the nation's youth feels. According to an IOP poll, only 22 percent of college students are "politically active."
The same poll marked 54 percent of the young vote agreeing that officials they have elected into office seem to be motivated by selfish reasons.
My generation may be full of a bunch of "slacktivists," but one sure fire way to not get our support is to be "motivated by selfish reasons."
According to most of the polls, Obama leads in the youth vote throughout the country. However, with only 22 percent even paying attention to politics, the real answer to that question is that relatively no one will be getting the young vote in November.
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