time.com - 11/2/2008
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama greets a young supporter in Monticello, Iowa.
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
gregmankiw.blogspot.com - 11/6/2008
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gregmankiw.blogspot.com —
This picture from Andrew Gelman is striking. It
suggests that the major difference between the past two...
elections and this one was the youth vote. In this election, the young left the Republican party in droves. Why? I am not enough of a political ...
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The Youth Vote and the GOP
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 11/6/2008
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
Patrick Ruffini has the grisly details . Greg
Mankiw ventures a conjecture : Why? I am not...
enough of a political scientist to be sure, but recent conversations I have had with some Harvard undergrads have led me to a conjecture: It was largely ...
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Losing the Youth Vote
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Only 64 College Newspapers In America?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Editor & Publisher has a tally of presidential endorsements by college newspapers that puts the count at 63-1 in favor of Democrat Barack Obama. The only paper to endorse Republican John McCain: the Daily Mississippian at the University of Missippi.
On the one hand, the overwhelming pro-Obama majority tracks with the long-running media narrative that Obama is king among young voters. If even young people who have no votes are going for Obama, then it makes perfect sense that ...
The Kids Stay In The Picture: Why The Youth Vote Will Come Out
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Will the Youth Vote come out this time? In this make-or-break election where every group has gotten its say — Older white women! African-Americans! People who cling to their guns! — the question of whether or not the kids will take their enthusiasm offline and to the polls has been wondered aloud by many (even the kids themselves). Today's reports seem to put that to rest — yes the kids are coming out (where they can — sheesh) — but, if I may, I coulda told you that.
Why? Because as a ...
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