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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Political Wire:
Sanchez Goes Missing Before VoteThroughout most of the day, Roll Call notes House Democratic leaders didn't know the whereabouts of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA). "Sanchez was nowhere to be found on Saturday -- she was in Florida on ...Political Wire:
Are Democrats Now Releasing Vulnerable Democrats?Two key House Democrats -- Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Rep. Zack Space (D-OH) -- announced that they're voting against the health care bill tomorrow. Greg Sargent: "But in a sign of which way this ...Think Progress:
Bishops Dismiss Other Catholic Groups: We’re The Only Ones Able To Understand Health Care PolicyYesterday, the Family Research Council, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and National Right to Life hosted a public press call explaining their opposition to the Senate health care ...The Caucus:
Video: Highlights From Saturday's Health DebateYou can watch the various players in the health care debate talk about the action on Capitol Hill.The Plum Line:
Last-Minute Quickie Updates* One of the final pieces of the puzzle fell into place when the Dem Senate leadership’s office released a letter they sent to House Dems assuring them the Senate would pass the reconciliation ...
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Seriously overboard, don't you think? Preceding the president's speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care ...by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
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Great new ad from Operation Free Our national security organizations are taking climate change seriously and congress needs to do the same: The DOD has put climate change into their quadrennial ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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Yesterday Michael Moore appeared on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to talk about how we're kind of getting shafted on the health care "compromise" that no republicans will vote for anyway. ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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The Kansas City Star has a cool piece that shows off how much of the stimulus that young people got I wanted to list here. According to an assessment of the Department of Labor's jobs-for-youth ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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Millennials (young Americans born 1982-2003) rate the quality of education and the cost of college near the top of the list of issues about which they are most concerned, just behind jobs and the ...by: Millennial Makeover | 0 comments
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