Roughly 58 percent of 18- to-29-year-olds said they disapproved of how Obama has handled the economy, in a recent survey by Harvard’s Institute of Politics. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that young people are far less enthusiastic about this election than 2008.
Our message, however, is that they shouldn’t be. Though Obama’s policies of change have failed, hope in America shouldn’t fail with it.
More than a 100 million people age 18 to 40 will be eligible to vote in November. Most of us are asking what the future holds. Many are frustrated by the belief that the same opportunities that our parents had no longer seem to exist today.
We stand at a pivotal moment. The choices made over the next year or two will determine what kind of country the United States is going to be for the better part of our lives. With so much at stake, it’s critical for our generation to be a game-changer in this election.
