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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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Politico is reporting that Rep. Waxman is "looking to youth" to help him in his fight against Rep. Dingell (Congressman, General Motors) for control of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The ...by: Michael Connery | 0 comments
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UPDATE: I'm listening to this again, and I'm thinking this might just be a horrible joke on the show gone awry, especially after finding out that very little can be taken seriously on this show in ...by: Craig Berger | 9 comments
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Marc Ambinder continues his question to educate us about the difference between VANs and VoteBuilders, Catalist and MyBo. Meanwhile, Sarah Lai Stirland at Wired thinks that all these databases pose ...by: Michael Connery | 0 comments
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The Obama campaign has received a lot of acclaim for its use of technology. Here are some tools you can use to build your presence online. Scribd Scribd is an online document-sharing tool that the ...by: Kevin Bondelli | 0 comments
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Pew Research has a new report: Young Voters in the 2008 Election. The details of the report read like they were ripped right from the blog posts here at Future Majority - I could get used to that. ...by: Michael Connery | 0 comments
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