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2008: The Year of the Youth Vote


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This month Time magazine features a cover story on "The Year of the Youth Vote" and how students across America, both Republican and Democrat, are registering in record numbers, attending events and debates, campaigning for candidates, and getting others involved.

The question asked is: Why this time? What has changed? Who inspires them? Has the youth finally realized how powerful their voice is?
woodywoodbeck

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  • I honestly think the internet has been a huge drive and influence on young voters. The debate over the best candidates has completely saturated popular sites, from all the news sources, Current.com, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr and Facebook.

    All the candidates have Facebook profiles and the popularity and interaction on them is incredible.

    Politics thrives on reason and debate, as does the internet and the two go hand in hand. Young voters are, in general, very fluent on the net so it's like the candidates have taken the campaigning right into their homes.

    This generation is more informed, more educated and more inspired than any other and they love the internet. Saying that, if one of those candidates had invented the Mentos and Coke trick, they'd be straight into the White House, mark my words.
    richjm

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