candidates. find that segment on tbt.org/almanac. thank you for watching. tune in next week when we meet up with some of tuesday's winners.

joining us, kelly busche, minnesota daily at the university of minnesota. she is their editor in chief. good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> i'm well, thank you for asking. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> how would you describe the level of activity on campus leading up to next week? >> it's been wild. there has been events all over. there's people handing out flyers in class to get you to vote. it's just students are really energized right now. the thing is, we want to see them show up to the polls. >> what do you think's going to happen as far as the groups involved or the parties involved to make sure that that enthusiasm actually turns up to people showing up? >> i mean, i think we won't know until election day, but what i predict is that more students will show up. i don't know if it's going to be in historic numbers, although they have been pushing and volunteering in a historic way. there have been higher voter,

higher door knocking, higher volunteer numbers that we reported and we are just waiting to see until election day. it's really hard to know with the student vote. >> on your campus, are people allowed to go into the dorms door-to-door to talk about politics? >> yeah, they are. they do, they can door knock. they just have to register before. >> where does social media come into play when it comes to engagement and getting people to come out to vote? >> sure. so personally, i have seen a lot of ads on my social media feed but there have been a lot of stuff spread via facebook events. a really big thing for the university of minnesota campus is holding events to get people to show up and register, because you can just pass it at class and they will market the events on social media. when you see a friend going to an event, you might want to go as well. that's been a big driver behind social media engagement. >> those events, are they republican in nature, democratic in nature, alike, or other

groups represented? >> that's a really good question. so what we have seen on the university of minnesota campus is a shift in strategy and a lot of student groups right now are just trying to get the students out to vote. so they're not specifically aligning with a party. they just want those students to show up and vote. >> so when it comes to you and the people that are reporting on these issues, what are some of the motivating issues that drive students to vote? what are they telling you? >> great question again. so what we have heard a lot throughout all of our reporting this year is that students are worried about student loans, climate change and gun control. those are the big things for us. those are the ones that we see having immediate impact and the ones that students have a lot, a lot of thoughts about. >> and what motivates this is because of the shootings when it comes to gun control of this year, or are there other things motivating that, do you think? >> yeah, exactly. with gun control, it's the

younger peers in school just dealing with those events. for climate change, it's seeing the reports and other media coverage just kind of predicting not a sustainable earth for us in the future, and then for tuition, of course, we are in school right now, we are paying our student fees and seeing that long-term student debt kind of build up for us, that's another big motivating factor. >> when it comes to the university itself, how supportive are they of these efforts? >> they are really supportive. i have been pleasantly surprised -- not surprised, but i have been pleased with how supportive the university of minnesota is with helping students vote. we have an early voting center on campus, actually, this year, which is in the middle of campus. students can swing through on their way to class and go vote. then they rare also very accommodating to the events i spoke about, where students can show up to vote or learn more about who they can vote for. the university has given us space to have these events. it's been a very well-rounded

experience for us here at the university of minnesota in terms of university support. >> when it comes to the events, are we talking visits by candidates who are asking directly for a vote, and if that's the case, describe what you've seen. >> yeah. we have seen both types of events. again, just events where students are like come, renl center register to vote, we don't care who you vote for. we are also seeing events where candidates show up on campus. for example, we just had someone i believe it was last week from the march for our lives group on campus with a bunch of other political people who are running for office. so we have a lot of those events where students can show up and listen and understand what those candidates want to vote for. we kind of have two types of events there. >> talk a little bit about the coverage you will do on election night. >> oh, so we have been preparing for this for awhile. this is like our big night. as journalists, we are so excited to be covering this. we have all hands on deck, all 15, 16 of our reporters are going to be out at election parties covering the candidates.

we are going to be covering day of election. we are going to be just doing man on the street stuff, who did you vote for, why are you voting, and we are just really excited to be out there covering. >> when it comes to you personally then, what are you looking for on election night? what will you be paying attention to? >> i will be paying attention to our senate seats. we have two senate seats up for election, one is incumbent amy klobuchar and then we also have eight congressional districts up for election. and several of those have the potential to flip. so those have been highly watched. they will have national implications and that's something that students have recognized. they recognize that their home congressional district could flip, and a lot of them are considering sending in absentee ballots as a result of that. >> you are a senior at the university of minnesota. what do you hope to do after you graduate? >> i'm going to stay in newspapers. i could do nothing besides report at this point in my life so i'm going to stay in

newspapers, and just report. >> when it comes to the minnesota daily, where can folks find you online? >> you can find us at mndaily.com. >> this is kelly busche, editor in chief of the minnesota daily at the university of minnesota. thanks a lot for your time. >> thank you. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up election day, tuesday morning, university professors from florida gulf coast university, west virginia university and the universities of missouri, houston and arizona discuss the battleground states and what to watch for on election day. then deborah cleaver will join us to talk about her group's efforts to increase voter turnout. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> which party will control the

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