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Newsweek: Why young voters should get angry
You're being played for chumps. Barack Obama and John McCain want your votes, but they're ignoring your interests. You're not hearing much about the crucial economic interest facing you in the campaign. One reason, frankly, is that you don't seem to care.
Newsweek Poll, Oct. 24, 2008 | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008
Newsweek Poll, Oct. 24, 2008 | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008
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Robert J. Samuelson - Young Voters, Get Mad
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Young Voters Favor Obama, but How Many Will Vote?
gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- Although Barack Obama leads John McCain by almost 30 percentage points among 18- to... 29-year-old registered voters, these younger voters are still less likely than older voters to report being registered to vote, paying attention to ... (more) Young Voters Favor Obama, but How Many Will Vote?
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The ice floe cometh
Corrente — ... Would someone more expert than I about Social Security and Medicare please take a crack at Newsweek’s Robert J. Samuelson’s “Young Voters, Get Mad — You need to appeal to the shame and guilt of older Americans”? ...

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