A major moment will come in the 2018 midterm elections: Some students will be eligible to vote in November, and have vowed to make gun laws a central issue. The gun issue, she said, had become a focal point for young people who are “just fed up” with the way government works now. “They do think the system is rigged; this is just an example of it,” Ms. Gardner said of the gun issue. “This is a generation that is used to demanding immediate gratification, and they want it politically, too.”The March for Our Lives is likely to echo other mass demonstrations that have sprung up since Mr. Trump’s election. They have moved further toward Democrats since Mr. Trump’s election.

Source: New York Times March 22, 2018 23:10 UTC