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Growing up with three contests in five years makes students even more leery of politics. And a perceived lack of engagement with their issues doesn't help. Said one: "I just don't think the leaders or parties are connecting with our demographic."

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22-year-old Becky Winsor, on the campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland.Paul Daly for The Globe and Mail

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University of British Columbia student president Jeremy McElroy who is studying Political Science is seen here at UBC April 1, 2011.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail

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Lauren Murphy

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Neha Chandrachud- The University of Western Ontario Provincial Affairs Commissioner, University Students' Council

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Noémia L'Heureux-Daigneault, third year communication student, poses in Univesite Laval university in Quebec City Thursday March 31, 2011. L'Heureux-Daigneault thinks that "People are so fed-up with going to the polls so many times in such a short period, that they may be tempted to give the Conservatives a majority government."Francis Vachon for The Globe and Mail

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Steven Bigioni University of Western Ontario

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Olivier Gr�goire Universit� Laval (Laval University)

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