WASHINGTON – Young voters came out in record numbers for the 2020 election. Four years later, new polls show a lack of enthusiasm as presidential candidates try to figure out how to connect.
It’s why President Biden is on TikTok – the controversial app dominated by Gen Z – in the latest attempt to court young voters in a consequential election year.
For 116 years, the students at Washington and Lee University in Virginia have been putting on MockCon. The student-run Mock Convention sets out to mimic the real thing for whichever party is out of power.
To put it bluntly, they are the very votes politicians are so desperately trying to tap into.
MockCon has accurately predicted party nominees over 70% of the time. And the age group has the opportunity to help decide the next commander-in-chief.
For junior Tommy Holstead, the choice is clear. “That is Donald Trump. He has my support and he should have the entire country’s,” he told CBN.
Holstead says there’s no secret issue out there to win him over. For the Texas-born student, it’s the border.
“It’s a policy that directly affects me and my state, and everything that I guess goes along with
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