AP: GOP, Trump launch campus effort to register, mobilize voters
The Associated Press reports this week on the Republican National Committee’s efforts to mobilize President Donald Trump’s supporters through the “Make America Great Again” initiative. The campaign, which launched last week on four Ohio campuses, seeks to enlist younger voters and enlarge the party’s base, explains University of Cincinnati political scientist David Niven. The associate professor of political science goes on to explain how that younger demographic – which traditionally favored Democrats in significant margins in recent elections – could spell the “margin of victory” in a close election.
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Featured image at top: Mitch Freckleton, national youth engagement Trump Victory, talks to the audience during a College Republican voter registration training at the University of Akron Student Union in Akron, Ohio, on Monday Sept. 16, 2019. (Mike Cardew, Beacon Journal/Ohio.com via AP)
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