Brian Montes, a 21-year-old political science major at Portland State University and the first in his family to vote, poses for a photo in the university library in Portland, Ore., Nov. 3, 2022. Montes, who is gay and is the first in his Mexican-American family to attend college, says his primary issue this election is the sanctity of American democracy. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
