Impacting the Campaigns

November 1st, 2007 at 5:00 pm

Tricia Enright is talking about the impact that individuals can have on the political process.

Tricia is starting out by talking about just how massive our generation is, we are a larger generation than the Baby Boomers, and by 2016 we will be 30% of all voters.

But voting is just a fraction of what it means to impact campaigns. Campaigns really do rise and fall on the backs of young people. From volunteers to field staffers, we are the ones getting the leg work of campaigns done. If we start to work for candidates that want to do something about debt, aid, clean water, etc., we can send these people to represent us in Washington or our state capitols.

We may not be able to give big-bucks, but we can give long-hours, and when we give our time to the candidates to will do the most to fight poverty, we can put them in office.