TOW #18: Nonfiction Piece

In the editorial titled “Young Voters, Motivated Again”  by the editorial board at New York Times, the topic of the involvement of young voters in the current election is discussed.  Within the editorial piece, the editorial board talks about exactly why there has been such a large involvement in the presidential race by young voters compared to past elections.  This is because of the appeal that the current candidates show towards the youth.  Ironically enough, Bernie Sanders, who is the oldest of the candidates, manages to pull in the most youth support.  This is due to Sanders ability to deliver his message of creating change within the nation.  This message echoes to the youth, who crave such change within the United States, and enables them to become apart of the campaign.  The Editorial Board enforces this point by using ethos in order to validate their point of view.  By quoting sources such as Harvard, The Editorial Board manages to credit their argument as to why the youth have gained such an interest in voting.  These sources cause the audience, consisting of Americans who may be interested in the current voting trends or who are the least bit curious as to where Sanders support has come from, to take the word of the editorial board.  Because of the effective use of ethos within this editorial piece, I believe that the editorial board does a great job at backing up their point, however, I do not believe that the editorial piece did a good enough job at crafting an argument.  While the editorial board succeeds at telling their audience why the believe their is such a high increase in youth support in the current election, they do not succeed in explaining their views on what the increase means.  In order to make the piece more opinionated, the editorial board must discuss what they believe the increase means, not discuss why it has occurred.  These are my thoughts on the editorial piece “Young Voters, Motivated Again”.