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Gehrke: Are millennials really going to sit out this election?

I realized the transformation was complete last week, when I saw a recent Gallup poll that said just a whisker more than 1 in 4 young people were certain to vote in the upcoming election.

All summer long I read news stories (in the print edition, of course) that said, especially after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, things would be different.

Young people are energized like never before. They’re registering, they’re taking charge, they’re putting down their cellular telephone devices and spending less time buying avocado toast and more time changing the world.