A new campaign called Florida Students Against Trump will be attempting to convince UF students to vote.
The group will focus on college students who support a third-party candidate or dislike presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said Nate Lerner, the executive director for the Democratic Coalition Against Trump, the super PAC that announced the campaign. The campaign has chapters being formed at the University of Miami, the University of South Florida, Florida State University and the University of Central Florida.
Lerner said the group aims to increase voter turnout and support for Clinton in Florida, a major swing state.
“We don’t have a lot of time, but we don’t even have to accomplish that much,” he said. “The support is there; millenials are the most progressive, most educated generation.”
William Christou, a UF international studies and economics junior, said he was asked to be UF’s campus ambassador by a friend in the campaign. Christou said he plans on talking to students on campus about early voting and the importance of voting.
Christou said he also wants to stress how Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is unfit for office.
“The biggest thing is to get people to vote,” the 20-year-old said. “As long as it’s not Trump, honestly.”
He said college students should have their voices heard.
“The people who are least likely to vote are going to be the people living with the consequences for the longest,” he said. “As young people, our input is often not heard.”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with community members at the Polish National Alliance, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in Chicago.
