Despite the growing opinion of the millennial generation (that they don't want to work for things, that they don't care about anything but Instagram, etc.) a surprising amount of young US citizens are becoming more interested in politics. This baffled me for awhile. The conversation among my peers rapidly steered away from who was dating who this week, and became debates on the Bernie Or Bust hashtag, and what Trump had to say about Cruz last night on Fox, to name a few examples. This keen interest in political issues, while at first puzzling, means we are at the beginning of a very exciting time, and it is brought about by people under 30 realizing the necessity for change. Social media has increased our connection to the outside world, so the news of other states, countries, and governments is at our fingertips. As a broad assumption to make (but one that seems to fit the Millennial demographic) we were born in to the Clinton administration and saw scandal take down a Whitehouse. We were children when we learned how easily attacked our Home Of The Brave actually is, and we learned by results which political parties would take steps to protect us, and who would do nothing. Now here we are. We are adults, and the things we read in history books seem incorrect. Racism and sexism are not dead. We are college students and tuition and rent are at an all time high, while the job market is experiencing new lows. In most states, minimum wage full time job no longer serves its purpose- to give the person working said job enough to make a living. We see all these problems and we know that with our vote, we are given the power to change them and vote for the solution. We want our country to be better for us and our children than generation X and the Baby Boomers left it for us, but we know from our parents that previous generations had entirely different circumstances to work with. Combine this frustration with the fascination our generation seems to have with exercising our every right as soon as it is granted to us, and you've got hoards of young voters, frustrated with the status quo, but bright eyed in their righteous indignation, ready to make their vote count and make a mark on the world.