Why Tuesday? Relaunches for 2012 at TED
The movement to change our Election Day to the weekend has relaunched for 2012 at WhyTuesday.org and one of its founders Jacob Soboroff has given an outstanding presentation at TED Phoenix that is worth watching. In the efforts to get more young people to the polls we talk a lot about accessibility - and moving the big day to a weekend is a good first step in the right direction to helping young people.
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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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