Ready To Rock The Vote
McCain's campaign centers on his call to continue fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet he has done little to woo the young voters who are and who will be fighting his War on Terror.
McCain's campaign centers on his call to continue fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet he has done little to woo the young voters who are and who will be fighting his War on Terror.
Brad Friedman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Former Ohio Sec. of State Kenneth Blackwell and disgraced former FEC chair Hans Von Spakovsky have confirmed that they will testify about the myriad crimes that occurred on and by their watch in the 2004 Presidential Election.
Ben Terris | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home
"McCain understands people like him better than he does people like us, so his tax plans will help the rich, not the people who need it the most. I want to vote for someone who will look out for me."
Fernanda Diaz | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
The rise of the "youth vote" concept has been exciting to track, but much in the style of the "Go Green!" motto and a silkscreened Che, it's kind of lost its kick by now.
John Zogby | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
Can Obama win the white working-class voters in battleground states? Well, he didn't this spring, so that's our first clue. Another is the fact that neither Al Gore nor John Kerry won their support.
Heather Smith | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
Two weeks ago, we launched a Rock the Vote Facebook application. With young people more connected than ever through the internet, it will make getting young people out to vote just a little easier.
Sally Kohn | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Internet activism is individualistic: It's great for a sense of interconnectedness, but the Internet does not bind individuals in shared struggle the same as the face-to-face activism of the 1960s and '70s did.
Ben Terris | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
Talking politics with young people across the country has meant talking about education. "What works," says one, "is retaining teachers and recruiting volunteers, people to push the kids hard at school."
Torey Van Oot | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home
Sandwiched between spots for condoms, video games and the latest CDs, election campaign ads will wash over MTV fans for the first time since the network opened its doors in 1981.
Ben Terris | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home
I'll go to bars, hostels, small-town campaign headquarters. I'll seek out house parties and mow lawns with landscapers. The question: What are young people across the country thinking about the election?
Elizabeth Cermak | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
Born in 1986, I am a member of the emerging force increasingly becoming known as the "Millennial generation" or the "Millennials." We are roughly defi...
Irshad Manji | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
I was born after Bobby died, so maybe I'm not supposed to care about him. Truth is, though, my generation has something timely, even urgent, to learn from his advice to the world's youth.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
A Clinton win among Democrats in the parts of Indiana that most resemble the rest of mid-America is irrefutable proof that she can go toe to toe with the GOP with these voters.
Julian Chryssavgis | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
As our generation contemplates the future after two decades of spectacular but poorly-distributed economic growth, we refuse to accept that anybody who wants a say on America's future must make a fortune first.
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
Pew Research reports: Trends in the opinions of America's youngest voters are often a barometer of shifting political winds. And that appears to be t...
Will Mari | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home
"Young people aren't all enthralled by Obama's vague message. Young conservatives aren't super-religious, ignorant people. We see through misplaced idealism and have a grasp of reality."
Will Mari | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home
Top Republican Adviser Carly Fiorina: "Young people appreciate authenticity. To make change, you have to know how to drive that change. You have to know where all the bodies are, so to speak."
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home
Barack Obama's decisive Pennsylvania loss to Hillary Clinton was predictable and inevitable. Obama pretty much confirmed that when he tossed in the to...
Darren Foster | Posted 04.16.2008 | Media
This year, I've found that not only have young voters used the lingua franca of their generation -- technology -- to amplify their voice, they have forever changed the landscape of American electoral politics.
Politico | Ben Adler | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
With 159 colleges and universities and approximately 680,000 students, Pennsylvania's campus vote would appear to be Barack Obama's ace in the hole in...
Giovanna Villanueva | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home
Since 2004, there has been a sudden increase in involvement from young voters (age 18-29), also known as the Millenials. What's behind this?
Max Rosenbaum | Posted 03.12.2008 | Home
If we had voted for experience in 1935, James A. Reed or John N. Garner would have been elected rather than FDR. How would they have handled World War II?
Scout Opatut | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
I'm afraid that I will hurt my candidate. I think the youth vote will hurt Obama.
Carl Jeffers | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
It is easy to see why Democrats want the race to continue despite the risks of bitterness and use of funds and resources while the Republicans regroup. And that leads us to the controversy over Florida and Michigan.
Michelle Pilecki | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
It's been so long since primary candidates have had to come to PA, it's easy to make simple mistakes. When in Pittsburgh, don't say nice things about Philly, and vice versa.
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Ella Arnold | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home