Commentary: Students must vote in local elections
Though many have come to Ithaca from someplace else, if you call Ithaca home right now, you’re one of us.
Though many have come to Ithaca from someplace else, if you call Ithaca home right now, you’re one of us.
According to CNN exit polls, 60 percent of youth voters — aged 18 to 29 — voted for President Obama’s re-election, while 37 percent of young voters picked Gov. Mitt Romney. In 2008, 66 percent of young voters chose Obama, leaving 31 percent to vote for Republican Sen. John McCain.