Quick Hits - September 25th - Pure Goodness Edition
Hold onto your hats. Every link today is pure youthy awesomeness and should be read. In no particular order, but with extra commentary:
- Conservative reporter Carl Cannon, writing at conservative outlet Reader's Digest, reports that pollsters are probably underestimating the youth vote this year.
- The LA Times reports that Obama wins the Xbox/Rock the vote primary, but wonders if young gamers will actually vote. As we know from the recent Pew study, the answer is yes.
- Our own Sarah Burris has an excellent piece over at WireTap grading the RNC and the DNC for their inclusion of youth. It's comprehensive and enlightening and unexpected to see where each convention excelled and where they inevitably fell short.
- There is a lot of chatter lately among youth organizers about finding ways to reach high school students. One answer may be Channel One, the news/advertising network played in so many homerooms across the country. The channel recently launched One Vote 2008 to cover the elections. Now if we could only get our folks in front of their cameras . . .
- Youth Vote '08 covers the launch of Generation WE, a new study on Millennials. We'll have more about this in the coming days.
- In the Washingtonian, Garrett Graff thinks that Millennials will cost McCain the election.
- Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising is now available for download.
- Rock the Vote's new poll gets some coverage from UPI and The Nation.
- In cooperation with PayPal, MySpace deploys a new system to raise money for nonprofits through its network.
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

Breaking News
Think Progress:
Nelson signals intent to join Republican filibuster of Obama labor board nominee.Late yesterday, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) announced that he would not vote for cloture on the nomination of former AFL-CIO and SEIU attorney Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), ...The Plum Line:
Obama Rebukes Boehner In Testy Exchange, Charges GOP Wants To Kill All His InitiativesAt the private White House meeting today between Obama and Congressional leaders, the President and John Boehner got into a testy exchange, aides say, with Obama charging that the GOP is just out to ...Political Wire:
Palin's Soundbite StrategyWhile Sarah Palin does poorly in extended interviews, last weekend's speech showed she has mastered the art of the soundbite. More important, she has used it to maintain a very high political profile ...The Caucus:
Obama Urges Setting Aside 'Petty Politics'The president stopped into the White House briefing room to talk about his meetings with leaders of both parties.Think Progress:
Cantor backtracks on his bluff, says he’ll show up to health care meeting with Obama.House Republican leaders John Boehner (R-OH) and Eric Cantor (R-VA) sent a letter to the White House yesterday, stipulating some preconditions for Republican participation in a bipartisan health care ...
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