politico.com - 11/8/2008
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Sixty-six percent of voters under age 30 preferred Barack Obama to John McCain's 32 percent.
thenextright.com - 11/6/2008
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thenextright.com —
As a sidenote to Obama's 66-32 blowout among
18-29 voters, check out how these same voters voted...
for the House. Not much different: 63-34. So, in casting an identity politics vote for Barack Obama, a hip young (by political standards) African ...
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The Straight-Ticket Youth Vote
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/5/2008
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
A magnificent victory for Barack Obama. And bear
in mind that the campaign, in its final stages,...
was really about different philosophies of governing. This wasn't like the 2004 campaign, which was essentially fought over fake issues - Bush running on ...
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Mandate
politico.com - 11/5/2008
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politico.com —
Asked if Tuesday’s election results give his party
a mandate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told...
Politico: ““This is a mandate to get along, to get something done in a bipartisan way. This is not a mandate for a political ...
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Reid: 'This is not a mandate for a political party'
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Young Voters Provided Obama's Victory Margin
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Politico's David Paul Kuhn reports: (emphasis added)
President-elect Barack Obama's 34-point margin of victory with voters under 30 was the largest in a generation, cut across lines of class, color and education — and the most impressive youth mandate in modern American history, according to an exclusive Politico analysis.
Sixty-six percent of voters under age 30 preferred Obama while just 32 percent favored McCain... The youth vote made up 18 percent of the electorate this year, one point more than in the last three ...
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