The YouTube Election
Everyone's been talking or months about how this could be the "YouTube election." In 2006, YouTube had an impact as campaigns and regular folks used it to record and distribute "gotacha" messages (think George Allen and "Macaca"). But in 2007, the campaigns took an active role in shaping their image on YouTube and using the platform to speak directly to voters. It's been over a year since the Democrats first launched their campaigns, and a lot of video has come and gone.
Here's a great run-down of what each campaign tried:
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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