Quick Hits - August 12: Obama Releases Funders to Assist Outside Groups?
Some light summer reading.
- Did Obama lift the ban on independent expenditures to outside groups? Maybe so. The real question is, will donors listen and how much can we get done in the time that is left.
- Obama to announce VP pick via text message. - First Read
- In a changing corner of PA, a glimpse of Obama's "age problem." - Washington Post
- The Bradley Effect or the Obama Effect: what aren't the polls telling us? - Huffington Post
- Could religious youth tip the election this fall? - Fox News
- Politics Unusual: Hip Hop's Hopes for Obama. - Huffington Post
- Help Our Veterans Vote - New York Times
- A New Generation of Black Leaders Looks to Lead - Hip Hop Caucus
- Are We Neglecting the Next Generation of Activists? - The American Prospect
- Court Supports Rights of Gay Students - AlterNet
- In Virginia, 64% of the states new voters are under 35. - InRich.com
- Early history of the Creative Commons. - Lessig Blog
- Rock the Vote is finally getting ready to air their Christina Aguilera PSA. - Washington Post
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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
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Young voters must come out strong
The article about Pennsylvania brings up an interesting point: That even if the young voters come out en masse, voters 65 and older are in disproportionate areas of the country. Unfortunately our system is I think flawed, in that a candidate can become president without having a majority of the popular vote. It seems backwards. Nevertheless, young voters MUST show up in fierce numbers to overcome the seniority vote, because they will show up strongly, as they have every election year.
older states
Yeah, certain states just have older populations. It's not as bad as in the primaries, where dispersion of older people diluted the influence of younger people in the race for district level delegates - the electoral college is winner take all at the state level. But the ration of young to old in battleground states is going to be a factor.
That's another reason we need outside groups. We need people contacting and messaging to them now about the importance of registering in their home/school state depending on whether or not it will be a battleground.
Veterans
Check out the veterans link -- I find that story particularly ridiculous.