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18 in '08: Vote?



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David Burstein made this documentary film "18 in '08," as a call to action for youths to vote and get involved and engaged with politics. What are the big issues facing America's youth in the face of the 2008 presidential election? And who are America's youngest voters?


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22 responses // 18 in '08: Vote?

  • argh! i can't see any of the new pods!!! :S
    jade_azul16
  • Does anyone have any idea how painful it is to be just under the voting age for the '08 election?
    SuperLayne
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  • @Super... MANY have suffered the same woes.... yes, we know...
    in four years or less, you'll be eligible.


    and start to wonder about the guy who essentially called voting an "altruistic act."

    it's a totally selfish act. it's YOUR vote: nobody else's!
    plusaf
  • Now let's lower it to 17... if you can sign up for military service at that age, you can vote for your future commander-in-chief.
    bishopobispo
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  • Voting is a sham.
    if there happens to be a vote taken for doing away with the electoral college, i will be there. but, until then, the popular vote is still just a joke.
    oldrustedtrain
    1 response to this
  • I would've liked to see the pod highlight the issues surrounding absentee ballots. As a college student I think you should be allowed to vote in the state in which you attend school. I think it's another reason why young people don't vote, by the time students remember to get an absentee ballot it's too late.
    SamanthaLiss
  • http://www.headcount.org
    Awesome awesome awesome pod. I want to see more!

    Samantha, you are allowed to vote in the state you go to school, you just have to update your voter info! You don't need to have an absentee ballot, just register at your college address :) So long as it's not a p.o. box.

    For anyone else who wants to register to vote or update your voter info, check out Headcount.org. You can find your voter info there, plus download the forms and mail it in!
    organized_chaos
  • Thanks! I thought you had to be a resident of the state in which you attend school, in order to change that information. I'm so glad you shared this information, I'm sure a majority of my peers are unaware of this.
    SamanthaLiss
  • this is a great video, and i feel it will inspire many other young americans to vote. where one single vote won't make a difference, if we keep that mindset there will be millions of people who don't think that their vote matters.
    skobos
  • I find it odd how my friends easily push aside voting. A lot of them will say "It doesn't matter. The Electoral College will be the deciding factor in the end." The fact that I can peacefully voice my opinion in such a way that wasn't even heard of years ago for my people is reason enough for me to hop over to my district and vote. If it counts, great! I just want my voice heard.
    Noved
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  • This pod actually got me really heated! How can such educated people (I hope) not understand why people between the ages of 18-24 not vote?

    Personally, I'm not too optimistic about this election, in my opinion, I'm not gonna vote because:

    1. I think the presidential debates were unfair in portraying all its candidates equally.

    2. Both parties, whether you believe it or not, strive on war and money.

    I think the American citizens are too narrow minded in thinking, "Hey, I am either a Republican or a Democrat." It's about time to restore democracy in this country!

    And hey! Guess what? You don't have a voice in the political system. Our current system has been hijacked by big media corp.s, oil companies, etc. . . Those who work as in-cahoots with the government to exploit foreign country's economically and imbue citizens with propaganda
    KrebstarSB
  • im 20, and i dont want to vote, why? because i can see the citizens vote DOESNT count, just another variable for the state to look at before handing the states decision in, bush won when he didnt have the peoples vote.. so why?

    also the president doesnt even do anything, hes just the puppet of the congress who makes the real decisions, anything a president does can be vetoed in a secound.

    i dont have faith in my government.
    but
    i have faith in my country, the people.

    i believe if theres a problem we will come together and we will make the difference.

    so excuse me if i choose not to waiste my time on a pointless vote but rather spend my time fighting for worthy causes.

    am i alone in this thinking??
    Entrancing
  • VOTE. I can't agree more with this video.
    It takes the such a small amount of time to mark a ballot and for once, perhaps, have some weight in the government. That may be horribly optimistic, but to quote the pod, "why make yourself any less powerful."
    katharinekov
  • Politicians, newsanchors and political pundits always use the excuse that young adullts are lazy and/or too preoccupied to get out and vote rather than addressing the obvious. Has everyone forgotten how much of a disaster the 2000 national election turned out to be? Faulty voting machines, missing ballots, and a supreme court ruling which ultimately put Bush in office despite popular vote, have left me and countless other American citizens in a state of disbelief. Maybe there should be more of an effort on the part of our government to reinstill a sense of security that our votes are REALLY being counted rather than being tampered or disregarded.
    phinphanphun

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