FIRST VOTE
In FIRST VOTE, SFSU’s multimedia journalism students featured first time voters from all across the Bay Area: Anahi Ruvalcaba, Augustine Aranda, Chanel Payne, Christian Cabang, Jordan Wong, Naya Flores, Marianne Hurst and Paul Brett. Their reasons for voting differ, spanning from feelings about the presidential election to decisions on local policy. Our subjects join over 8.5 million Californians who have voted so far, a huge influx in comparison to 2016, according to CalMatters. We have also seen early voting records break all across the country.
While it’s too soon to know how that record turnout will translate on election day, the immense early voting numbers suggest a high level of passion for participating in the election process this year, despite the challenges of a pandemic.
Music: Feel About Us (instrumental version) – Lu-Ni from Epidemic Sound
![[From left to right] Joseph Escobedo, Mariana Del Toro, Oliver Elias Tinoco and Rogelio Cruz, Latinx Queer Club officers, introduce themselves to members in the meeting room on the second floor of the Cesar Chavez Student Center.](https://xpressmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mag_theirown_DH_014-600x400.jpg)
vivieca wright simpson • Nov 3, 2020 at 6:23 pm
What a very informative and enlightening review of first time voters. This is worthy of sharing with the political pundits and talking heads who often submit defined questions but often dont get the broader view behind the questions. Excellent work by the team.