Quick Hits: Politics of Social Networking, The Power of Pictures, and More
- The Politics Of Social Networks And Keeping The Youth Vote Plugged In.
- In the UK, Gordon Brown pledges £1bn on jobs for young.
- Neda, Obama and the Power of Pictures.
- Thomas Friedman (again) smacks down youth climate organizers with baseless claims.
- Aspiring Lawyer Finds Debt is Bigger Hurdle Than Bar Exam: Check out the craziest student debt story you will EVER read.
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

Breaking News
The Caucus:
The Early Word: More Snow?The weather continues to wreak a little havoc in Washington.The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum* With the White House pushback on terrorism in full swing, counterterror chief John Brennan turns up the volume in the pages of USA Today, arguing that the GOP attacks help the terrorists.* ...Political Wire:
Surgical Mistake Caused Murtha's DeathThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), who passed away yesterday, was hospitalized after gall bladder surgery when complications developed. According to a source close to ...Marc Ambinder:
Getting Sarah Palin's Paradigm"If the primaries were this year, I suspect she'd be nominated," a senior adviser to one of Sarah Palin's potential rivals confides. It's easy to see why: no one who's thinking of running beats ...Political Wire:
Republicans on Wrong Side of Public OpinionNate Silver looks at 25 issues that President Obama has "made an affirmative effort to push forward since taking office a year ago" and and summarized public opinion data on each of them. Of the 25 ...
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An interesting blog post at Newsweek's "The Gaggle": The other issue, I think, is the way health insurance has been sold and positioned. In general, we talk about the outcome of health care reform in ...by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
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Pew's study on Social Media and Young Adults has some really interesting findings: teens don't blog or tweet. According to the study, 14% of online teens blog. This is down from around 28% just a few ...by: ChrisCollins | 0 comments
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A few weeks ago we posted a piece from Mike Hais and Morley Winograd - Authors of Millennial Makeover. They urged Millennials to be a part of the Census because a Pew survey shows that the ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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This week the Democratic National Committee announced a new entity responsible for promoting and re-engaging 25-39 year olds into supporting the President and his agenda. Gen44 describes itself ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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This week's DailyKos/Research 2000 poll examined beliefs and political philosophies of republican voters. Nate Silver from 538 has an interesting take on it: "This accounts for what might be the ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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