Voting & Commerce
With a push for more and more young adults to get out and vote in their local elections, what is its impact on Commerce? I asked Graduate Research Assistant and former A&M-Commerce College Democrats leader Meredith 'Grace' Slayter about the impact of the youth vote in Commerce. It is no secret that there has been a struggle to get young voters motivated to participate in local elections, (a Washington Post article as recent as March 2020 examined this). In fact, Commerce is considered a " Go Texan Certified Retirement Community ." Taking this into account, there is the question of how active young Commerce voters are? How big of a desire is there to support local elections? According to Slayter, students are motivated to vote, but it varies. " There are some that want to vote and are motivated to the point that they will find out how and inform themselves," Slayter said. "There are some that are motivated, but get overwhelmed with the nu