Quick Hits - Holiday Weekend Edition
Sorry for the site hiccup earlier today. We were trying to get rid of a bug with the user profiles and the site didn't want to play nice.
Here's the last of my catchup - a rundown on some stories you may have missed while you were out BBQ and watching giant explosions in the sky.
- The Hip Hop Caucus reports that anti-affirmative action measures will likely be on the ballot in Arizona and Nebraska this fall. Will that be a boon or an albatross around the neck of candidates like Scott Kleeb? I'm not sure. This might rally the Republican base, but young voters are a tolerant group; this could backfire on the GOP.
- Beginning today, the interest rates on student loans have decreased. College Democrats have the lowdown on what that will mean for students.
- The New York Times profiles Chris Hughes and the Obama social networking operation.
- The Rothenberg Report profiled a long-shot but interesting race in which 29 year old Josh Segall is taking on a Republican incumbent in Alabama. I'm going to see about getting Josh to live-blog. If anyone can hook that up, please contact me.
- Sam Stein at The Huffington Post notes that redistricting will be a major issue in 2010 when 32 gubernatorial elections will determine whether Democrats or Republicans benefit most from the next round of gerrymandering.
- Katrina Vanden Huevel has a must-read piece on reforming our voting system - top to bottom.
- Obama is running into some trouble with his supporters over his flip-flop on FISA and everyone from bloggers to Bob Herbert have weighed in. Will Obama listen to the grassroots uprising within his own support base? This is a big test for just how open and bottom-up the Obama campaign really is.
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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