College Students Do Make A Difference In Politics

Texas State’s paper, The University Star, posted an opinion piece The Main Point: College-Aged Voters Can Affect Public Policy In U.S., Texas on July 10, 2013.  The author’s intended audience is college students and young voters. The author’s credibility is from a college student perspective and their agreement that college aged students have a choice to change the progression in hot button topics like abortion rights and same sex marriage. Their claim is that students who are more involved and active on social media platforms to express their opinion to gain attention. The author’s evidence of the protests can be shown in the efforts of Senator Wendy Davis and protestors who were involved in person and in the social media supporting their opinions. Along with same sex marriage, students showed their belief and opinions in rallies and political involvement. The writer’s logic is stated in the article that college students can make a difference by casting their vote, choosing their legislators in elections and discussing their statements on social media platforms.

I agree with the opinion article because college students are becoming their own person, developing their own voice and views politically and socially. Their efforts to make a difference and change in our society can be done by college students, who have personal experience and passion to choose the way they would want society to be. Social media has been a huge impact on young people by discussion topics and more interactive with the people who they support politically or have the same or similar views just like them.

College students should be involved more than just hot topic issues but have knowledge of what is going on year round. I think that hot topic debates that students follow now will influence them to continue to follow after the topic is done or when the bill is passed.