Pandemic, Social Media on Minds of America’s 1st-Time Voters

America’s first-time voters are heading to the polls on Nov. 8 with the influences of the COVID-19 quarantines, social media, and mainstream media outlets on their minds.
According to the research arm of Tufts University, there are about 8.3 million 18-year-olds eligible to vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
All of them were just 12 years old when Donald Trump was elected president.
For some, how the past few years of their minor lives have swayed their political views may come as a surprise in a country where youth is often associated with liberalism.
Kleg Zoraqi, who just turned 19, is the son of first-generation immigrants from Albania. He grew up and attended public schools in Worcester, Massachusetts. He told The Epoch Times that he saw his share of gang violence and drug abuse among teens in the schools….}