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Young people are supposed to have had a huge impact on the election this year. So many of us are well informed and excited to get out there and stand up for what we believe in and the issues that we stand for. People are expressing their political views in so many ways now. They will have bumper stickers or McCain or Obama t-shirts or even post who they are voting for on their face book status. Political t-shirts are all over the place and they are such a statement. I have even seen coffee mugs and buttons that people wear all around campus. People go to all lengths to support their candidate and their beliefs.

I think as a 21 year old I represent the generation that is coming on strong politically. We are making it a point to get involved and to learn more about the candidates and really decide for ourselves who we want to run our country. We finally have a say and I think it is obviously that it was my generation that made a big impact on this year's election.

What I do like about this year's election and getting to be in college while it was happening was that I got to meet the candidates. I didn't personally talk to them one on one, but they both came to the university I attend at some point (or somewhere near that I went to see) and spoke to us and stuck around for questions. You could really tell that they knew we would make a big impact.

It is nice to be able to hold that kind of power. Whether or not the person I voted for was elected, I know that my vote was important and that I am capable of a lot of things. The fact that this election was hugely geared towards my age group shows that even the president of the United States knows we are going to make a huge impact on this country in some way.

So whether it is a political t-shirt that you are wearing to express your view point or a paper you are writing for class or a rally you are going to, you need to make sure you are well-informed and you are making a decision that is right for you and standing behind it because it we speak out as a generation, we really can make a difference.