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So... a couple of months ago some video guys hired by the state department came out to interview me in the land of farmers and such. I was nervous this was a ploy to send me to Getmo for all those mean things I say about the government. Turns out they wanted to talk tech. Which was cool. America.gov is designed to be a face to international youth to show them who we are.
I'm eager to see what the Clinton State Department will do to use this as a means to really develop grassroots democracy abroad and generate relationships with international youth. So many possibilities for this site in the new administration, particularly with HRC at the helm.
2008 Youth Vote in Context
The following charts and graphs are meant to contextualize the unique role that young voters played in the 2008 election, and their increasingly important role in a winning electoral coalition:
2008 Youth Electoral Map

2004 Youth Electoral Map

Youth Vote Partisan Advantage: 2000 - 2008

Youth Vote Historical Support: 1976 - 2008

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When A Schedule Is More Than A ScheduleClose observers of the State Department noticed something different this afternoon: on the daily schedule distributed by the department includes, for the first time, information on Deputy Secretary ...Political Wire:
Hypocrisy is Another Parliamentary ProcedureNorm Ornstein: "Any veteran observer of Congress is used to the rampant hypocrisy over the use of parliamentary procedures that shifts totally from one side to the other as a majority moves to ...Political Wire:
Enthusiasm Gap WidensA new Wall Street Journal/NBC survey found a 21-point enthusiasm gap -- with 67% of Republicans saying they are very interested in the November elections, compared to just 46% of Democrats. Said ...Political Wire:
Boxer Lead Just Single DigitsA new Rasmussen Reports survey in California finds Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) just edging her possible Republican challengers. Boxer leads Tom Campbell (R), 43% to 41%, tops Chuck DeVore (R), 46% to ...Political Wire:
Democrats Must Sell the Bill to VotersProminent Democratic pollster John Anzalone says in a new memo that Democrats "can salvage political goodwill from the messy and electorally painful health care bill, but only if they invest the time ...
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The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) is by far the greatest step ever taken in Washington to combat the control of giant banking moguls over our country's youth. Consistently, we ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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In the wake of the release of the Powerpoint presentation revealing the Republican Party's strategy of fear, a new ad scaring young Americans away from supporting health insurance reform. ...by: Kevin Bondelli | 0 comments
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From the Press Conference this morning. For details on this and what has been going down with reform on student loans see the earlier blog post. Rep. George Miller Rep. Xavier Becerra Rep. ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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