Nearly 40 million Gen Zers will be eligible to vote in November, and experts are predicting the diverse and politically active generation will have a major impact on the election.

Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials – move aside. The king-makers in this election are the 18 to 27-year-olds – known as Gen Z.

Unlike previous generations when TV commercials had to beg you to get out and vote, these young people are lining up to register to vote.

School starts on Aug. 22 at Arizona State University, and between unpacking and picking classes, first-year students are setting their priorities for the semester.

One of those priorities, for some, is making sure they're registered to vote for the next president.

"I think we realize that we are the future and all the generations that are Millennials, Gen X, Baby Boomers even, they’re not going to be here forever," a student said.

Students Angelique Schappert and Jayda Young were just one of many who willingly stood in the heat on Aug. 19 to register to vote at the Arizona Students’ Association booth.

"We have a statewide goal to register 15,000 students," said Albert Plantillas of the Arizona Students’ Association.

The number sounds like a lot, but it’s a drop in a very big bucket.

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