Your Vote Counts
November 3, 2016In several days, millions of Americans will head to election booths to cast their ballots. For the vast majority of Hamilton’s student body, this will mark their first opportunity to vote in a presidential election. This moment comes during an unusually fraught election cycle, the results of which will vastly alter the trajectory of our nation. While voter ambivalence has always been a problem in America to a degree, the unusual and sensationalized nature of the 2016 election has left myriad members of the electorate particularly disillusioned. Some may even be tempted to forgo voting or boycott the principles on which democratic participation is based; others may simply forget. More ...